Celebrating' 100 Years
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
www.middleburycampus.com
SINCE 1905
PASSING ON THE CANE
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Sixiao I Iuo
Flanked by Chairman of the Board of Trustees Frederick Fritz ’68, President Ronald D. Liebow-
itz holds Gamaliel Painter’s legendary cane during his inauguration ceremony.
Fall means
flu season
Health Center: no
flu shots on campus
By Andrea Gissing
Editor-in-Chief
On Oct. 5, health officials announced
that the United States would not get half of
its expected doses of flu vaccine this year. The
shortage was a result of a decision by British
health authorities to suspend the license of
vaccine maker Chiron Corporations Liver¬
pool factory.
Whatever the reason for the shortage,
as drops in temperature and changes in leaf
color signal the approach of the flu season,
people have begun worrying about how to
protect themselves and their families against
influenza this winter.
“Normally, the recommendation is that
more people should get vaccinated,” said
Terry Stevens, associate director of Parton
Health Center. In the past, the health center
tried to vaccinate students in mid-October,
insuring that the student would be immune to
that particular strain of influenza during the
peak of the flu season in January and Febru¬
ary. This year, however, the news release about
the lower amounts of flu vaccines came out
just before the move to vaccinate, spurring the
health center to make other arrangements.
One worry that the health center has is
that the actual amount of doses that Middle-
bury College will receive is unknown. “We’ll
be lucky if we get 10 doses,” said Stevens,
See sleep, page 4
Remembering Chaplain Scott
By Alyssa Thurston
NEWS EDITOR
Theft on
the rise
By Alyssa Thurston
News Editor
A recent spate of thefts on cam¬
pus has caused concern among the
Middlebury student body.
In one incident, during the
week before fall break, three back¬
packs and two purses were taken
from the front entryway in Freeman
International Center (FIC), where
students usually leave their belong¬
ings before entering the dining hall.
The contents of one bag were later
recovered in Otter Creek.
According to Melody Perkins,
assistant director of administration
in the department of Public Safety,
“It seems like someone came into
the area when no one was there.
They took the bags not knowing
what was in them.” Perkins believes
that the perpetrators of this incident
are not from the local community.
Will Mallett ’07.5 was one vic¬
tim of the thefts that occurred at
FIC — Mallett’s backpack, which
contained a jacket and books and
notes for classes, was stolen while
he ate dinner downstairs in Freeman
dining hall. Though he did not lose
any valuables, he did lose “useful
stuff” like lecture notes.
During the same week as the
FIC thefts, students also reported
items stolen from other places on
campus. On Oct. 10, sophomore
Arielle Weisman’s purse — contain¬
ing valuables such as her cell phone,
keys and access card — was stolen
from outside Ross dining hall. “I
left it in one of the cubbies outside
like I always do. When I came back
after dinner about an hour later, it
was gone.”
Students have traditionally left
their backpacks or other belongings
outside of the dining halls when
having meals, since dining hall
policy dictates that no bags may be |
brought inside where students are |
eating. Perkins notes that this policy
is probably in place to deter theft of
food from the dining halls, since stu¬
dents could possibly hide extra food j
in their large bags before leaving.
However, Perkins noted, there are
currently no staff members sitting
outside the dining halls monitoring
who comes and goes, which means
that students could potentially leave
with large amounts of food without
anyone noticing.
Under these circumstances,
Perkins suggested, “It is probably
best to let students take their bags
with them into the dining halls. The
dining halls are open, so you can
come and go freely. People with bad
intentions are able to enter, peruse
property and take [that property]
with them.”
Other alternatives to solving
the problem of potential dining hall
theft, Perkins suggested, include al¬
lowing students to bring their bags
inside with them and store them
under their seats, to avoid causing
crowding. Another suggestion is to
install small cubbies with locks out¬
side the dining hall entrance, which
would allow students to safely lock
See campus, page 5
Chaplain Emeritus and Profes¬
sor Emeritus of Religion Charles P.
Scott passed away on Sunday, Oct.
10 after battling a months-long
illness. President Ronald D. Li-
ebowitz informed the Middlebury
College community of his passing
in a campus-wide e-mail. Scott
is survived by his wife Tana Ster-
rett Scott ’65, sons Wayne ’71 and
Charlie Jr. ’77, three daughters and
four grandchildren.
Scott was a member of the
Middlebury community for over
fifty years, having joined the Mid¬
dlebury faculty in 1951 as an in¬
structor in religion. He had previ¬
ously majored in bacteriology and
chemistry at Ohio State University.
Later, he received a Bachelor of Di¬
vinity Degree at Princeton Theo¬
logical Seminary, and was ordained
in the Episcopal Church in 1954.
After joining the Middlebury
faculty, Scott founded the depart¬
ment of Religion at Middlebury
— having realized, as President
Liebowitz recounted, that “the
study of religion would become as
important for many students as the
observance.”
Other notable contributions
to Middlebury College included
being the first Middlebury chap¬
lain to permit co-ed seating during
Sunday service in the 1950’s, as
well as aiding students in forming
religious groups on campus. For
instance, he had encouraged the
founding of the Middlebury Col¬
lege Hillel chapter in 1954, and had
also helped students to organize the
Christian organization.
During his tenure at the Col¬
lege, Scott received numerous
academic honors, including The
Kellogg Lectureship at Episcopal
Theological School, and he also
served as president of the National
Association of College and Univer¬
sity Chaplains in the late 1960’s.
See college, page 4
Middlebury mourns
loss of beloved hero
By Andrea M. LaRocca
Associate Editor
Christopher Reeve, best known to most as Superman and
to Middlebury students as last year’s commencement speaker,
passed away on Sunday, Oct. 10 of heart failure. He was 52
years old. Reeve is survived by his wife, Dana Morosini Reeve
’84 and his son Will; his daughter Alexanda and his son Mat¬
thew, from his first marriage to Gae Exto; his parents Barbara
Johnson and Franklin Reeve and his brother, Benjamin Reeve.
Reeve was famous for his portrayal of the red-caped
crime-fighter who had the ability to leap tall buildings in a
single bound. He starred in the four original Superman mov¬
ies and has been known as Hollywood’s favorite superhero
ever since. According to his official Web site, Reeve acted in a
total of 29 movies and about 150 plays during his career.
On May 27, 1995, Reeve was thrown from a horse in an
equestrian accident that left him paralyzed from the waist
down. At first, doctors feared that he would not live, and pre¬
dicted that he would not recover feeling or movement below
See REEVE, page 5
Courtesy
Chaplain Charles P. Scott (left) and actor Christopher Reeve both passed away recently.
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MIDDBRIEFS
BY BEN SALKOWE AND ALYSSA THURSTON
Middlebury hosts
Hamilton’s naked people
In a press release received before Fall Break, the Hamil¬
ton College Varsity Streaking Team informed The Campus y
along with student newspapers at 12 other private col¬
leges across New England, that “Hamilton Streaked Your
School”
The “team” began its tour at Union College on Oct. 1.
The 16 members, all Hamilton undergraduates except for
one, traveled from college to college in an RV. Their final
stop was at Amherst College on Oct. 5.“Overall, the tour
was a massive success,” said team member Adam Bedient.
“We streaked the s--t out of New England.”
Middlebury had the dubious honor of involuntarily
hosting the team on Oct. 2, during an afternoon rugby
game. An exclusive photo of the event appeared in The
Campus on Oct. 7.
The team encountered several unfortunate incidents,
including being apprehended by police at Wellesley Col¬
lege. They were escorted off the Connecticut College cam¬
pus by the college’s campus safety officers.
“A dark cloud hovered over the RV,” recalled Bedient,
who was one of the three kicked off the campus. “We kept
asking ourselves, ‘Can we finish the tour?’ After five min¬
utes of consideration, the answer was ‘yes, we can.’”
According to an official statement released by the
team, “We mean no disrespect; we wish only to illuminate,
to dazzle, to amuse and astonish. And, of course, streaking
is wicked fun.”
Alumni educated about
election online
Though they are no longer students here, Middle¬
bury College alumni still have the chance to take a class at
Middlebury.
Political Science Professor Eric Davis is offering a se¬
ries of Alumni College online Webcasts — which are free
of charge to Middlebury alumni and their family mem¬
bers — about the upcoming Presidential Election. The
first Webcast took place on Oct. 13, the night of the third
presidential debate, and will repeat on Oct. 20, Oct. 27 and
Wednesday, Nov. 3, the day after the election. Each webcast
will run from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
During each session, Davis, a specialist on elections
both domestic and international, will present an analysis of
the 2004 presidential election and provide contexts for the
events of the current year’s presidential campaigns. Follow¬
ing his presentation, alumni and others signed up for the
course will be able to interact with Davis by posting ques¬
tions and comments to a Weblog.
Students take action
against dirty energy
With two weeks left until Election Day, Middlebury
College students rallied together to stand against dirty
energy.
On Tuesday, Oct. 19, students gathered to listen to
speeches by climate change expert Bill McKibben and
Vice President and Treasurer of the College Bob Huth
who played an integral role in developing the college’s
Carbon Reduction Initiative.
The demonstration was one of more than 250 events
taking place on Tuesday in a North American Day of Ac¬
tion.
The purpose of the rallying together of students was
to call for increased support for clean energy sources, such
as wind and solar, that would protect the environment
and public health. A move towards greater clean energy
use would, at the same time, create millions of new jobs
and end the U.S.’s dependence on foreign oil.
The goal of the event was to make students aware of
the pressing need for energy policies designed to reverse
climate change.
Said Scott Bulua ’07, who organized the event at
Middlebury, “College students must know that reversing
climate change is an achievable goal, and a responsibility
of our generation.”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Midd Alums Teach for America
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Jacob Mnoookin ’01.5, left, is a current Teach for America volunteer.
By Ben Salkowe
Assistant News Editor
“I had not expected to be teaching
high school,” Jacob Mnookin ’01.5 told
a crowd of students at a Middlebury
campus Teach for America informa¬
tion session last week. “So when I got
a phone call on a Wednesday evening
telling me I would be teaching ninth
and 10th grade English beginning
Monday, I was surprised to say the
least. And then anxiety sunk in.”
Mnookin, who majored in English,
is one of thousands of students who
have devoted themselves to challenging
the inequities of America’s education
system.
“The more I learned about educa¬
tional inequity in America, the more I
realized that it was an incredible injus¬
tice,” Mnookin told The Middlebury
Campus. “I didn’t want to be someone
that merely knew a lot about one of
our societal problems. I wanted to be
on the front lines working every day to
affect change.”
Mnookin is part of Teach for
America (TFA), an AmeriCorps pro¬
gram that recruits “outstanding” col¬
lege graduates to teach in under-per¬
forming rural and inner-city schools.
The participants, officially called corps
members, commit two years to teach¬
ing elementary and secondary students
before pursuing graduate studies or
other post-undergraduate plans.
In return, corps members receive
the full salary and benefits of begin¬
ning teachers, and earn nearly $10,000
in grants for use toward future educa¬
tional expenses or outstanding student
loans.
Because corps members are not
required to have previous teaching ex¬
perience, they spend the summer prior
to their placement in one of three sum¬
mer teaching institutes in New York
City, Houston or Los Angeles, where
they are trained in teacher education
and teach summer school classes.
According to Mnookin, “Corps
members are in classrooms teaching
actual summer school classes one week
into their training.”
After attending the summer insti¬
tute, the new teachers are placed in one
of their preferred choices of 21 sites
— from New York City to South Da¬
kota, and Las Vegas to the Mississippi
Delta — where they will teach in their
area of major study.
While not such a bad sounding
offer thus far, the mission is far from
“easy,” and TFA is hardly shy of that
fact. At a Middlebury College campus
recruiting event last week, the cam¬
paign introduced students to their
mission by showing a promotional film
that opened with movies of frustrated
students acting out, kids coming to
school angry or in tears from problems
at home and student teachers strug¬
gling just to get the attention of their
class.
Mnookin then stood up and told
how, early in his first year, he watched
helplessly as his class was run by un¬
ruly students — one of whose mother
cursed him out when he confronted
her about her child.
“They were loud, rude and they
intimidated me to the point where
I preferred to just ignore them and
let them be rather than instigate a
confrontation,” said Mnookin of sev¬
eral particularly difficult students. “I
quickly came to realize, however, that
I was failing them, that I was passively
and indirectly telling them that it was
okay for them to behave any way that
they wanted, that it was okay for them
to fail sophomore English, just as long
as they didn’t do anything to me.”
Despite the magnitude of the chal¬
lenge, corps members are undeterred.
For Alicia Hernandez ’05, who plans to
apply this year, the difficulty of the task
only drives her interest.
“It does inspire me to do more be¬
cause it’s obvious that children in public
schools need help,” she commented.
“They need teachers that are [teaching]
because they love to teach, and because
they want to influence these kids’ lives.”
And the interest is tremendous. Last
year, 13,500 college graduates applied to
the program, and only 1,750 were admit¬
ted. Admission into Teach for America, at
roughly 14 percent or one in seven, is as
selective as any Ivy League college. The
applicant pool last year alone included
six percent of the graduating classes of
Harvard and Princeton.
“The best thing about TFA is the
strength of the students it recruits — top
students from top colleges and universi¬
ties,” said Middlebury Director of Teacher
Education and Professor of Physics Bob
Prigo, who was formerly the faculty repre¬
sentative for TFA at Middlebury.
Yet while TFA is largely embraced and
supported by the educational community,
the program is also criticized for placing
inexperienced teachers in positions at the
most difficult schools. “The bad news is
that these new teachers will be entering
classrooms where the management of stu¬
dent behavior may dominate their work
— that can become very discouraging,”
said Prigo.
Prigo encourages students interested
in TFA to consider some participation in
the Middlebury teacher education pro¬
gram. “My advice to those sophomores
and juniors, and even seniors — there is
still plenty of time to complete the teacher
education minor.” He continued, “[a] stu¬
dent could then elect to either join TFA or
come back for a ninth semester of student
teaching here and obtain their teaching
license through us.”
Mnookin’s visit to campus last week
was part of an ongoing effort by the
Middlebury Campus TFA Recruitment
Team, led by Zach Center ’05 and Dena
Simmons ’05, to attract more Middlebury
students to the program. Both Center and
Simmons, like many involved with TFA,
consider the mission personal.
“As a Bronx native, I know that more
can be done for inner-city schools, and
rural schools for that matter,” says Sim¬
mons, who is pursuing a minor in Teacher
Education. “I would like to go back to do
something about it — first, as a teacher,
then working my way up to run the whole
NYC school system,” she said.
Center became interested in TFA after
taking a course on the sociology of educa¬
tion. “The books we read and the discus¬
sions that ensued forced me to look at the
brutal realities of educational' inequity
that exist in our country, and it also forced
me to reflect on the role my own privilege
played in allowing me to get the education
I did,” Center said.
Sixty-one Middlebury graduates
have served as corps members since the
program’s founding in 1990. Currently,
12 Middlebury graduates are serving their
first or second year with the program in
New York, Newark, Phoenix and New
Mexico.
While immediately addressing the
current failures of the American educa¬
tional system, TFA seeks a goal beyond
temporarily addressing teacher shortages
and inadequacies. More broadly, their
goal is to inspire its corps members to go
on to whatever career they choose, with a
burning lifelong passion to fight educa¬
tional inequities.
“We cannot expect even the most
dedicated teachers to hold together a
broken system indefinitely,” stressed one
of the program’s mission statements. “We
arm our future leaders with the credibility,
insight, outrage and sense of possibility
that comes from having taught successful¬
ly in a low-income community — so that
they can go on to tackle the root causes of
the inequities they witnessed first-hand in
the classroom.”
Middlebury graduates who have
served as former corps members have
gone on to participate in an array of activ¬
ities advocating the elimination of educa¬
tional inequalities. One ’95 alum founded
and now works at a charter school with
fellow corps members and others have
continued on to graduate studies includ¬
ing public policy degrees. Still others con¬
tinue to teach in their original placements
— one ’90 alum still teaches in the same
school district she started with as a first-
year corps member, 14 years ago.
Hernandez explained the program’s
appeal, saying that, “It’s a challenge, but
every job is, and it makes it that much
more gratifying when you see good re¬
sults,” she said.
Mnookin concluded his speech to the
students with an anecdote from his first
year on the job. “At the end of that first
year of teaching, I was greeted by a strange
looking thank-you note in my mailbox at
school,” he said. The note was from the
same mother he had approached earlier
in the year — it thanked him for “saving
[her] son’s life.”
“I have no delusions about what I
did for Joe,” said Mnookin. “But I do
think that I affected his life, even if only
in a small way. In that sense, as I enter
my third year of teaching, I know that I
will have affected the lives of some 375
students. That is what Teach For America
means to me, and I cannot think of any¬
thing I would rather be doing.”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Get home to turkey day gas-free
with SGA-proposed bus service
By Laura K. Budzyna
Staff Writer
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For anyone still trying to bum
a ride for Thanksgiving break, the
answer has arrived. The Student Gov¬
ernment Association (SGA) has been
negotiating a bill to offer roundtrip
bus service from the Middlebury
campus to New York City and Boston
for Thanksgiving break. This bill,
piloted by Clare O’Reilly ’05, director
of environmental affairs, will provide
what SGA President Andrew Jacobi
’05 called “an inexpensive, convenient
and environmentally-friendly way to
travel.”
If all goes well in the coming weeks, two Premier buses will be lined up to transport up to 47
students each after classes on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The first bus will stop at Albany Airport and Penn
Station in Manhattan, while the second will drop students off at Logan International Airport, the
Logan T-stop and the South Station T-stop in Boston. The buses will return to Middlebury on
Sunday, Nov. 28. Exact times are still undecided.
While this service would be highly useful to students who do not have cars, the bill is an en¬
vironmental move as well. Reducing a large number of cars heading home or to airports in these
metropolitan areas, the SGA aims to advance the Carbon Reduction Initiative.
Currently, the price students will pay for the bus tickets has not been determined. While the
Student Activities Fund will- most likely chip in to
defray the cost of busing, the SGA is still seeking,
funding from the SGA Finance Committee and the
different Commons to make tickets as inexpensive
as possible for students. According to Jacobi, “If we
are successful in our fundraising efforts, the price
per student for a roundtrip ticket will be less than
^ half the price of a roundtrip Greyhound ticket.”
He also points out that “the price of each
ticket would cost less than the gas that [each stu¬
dent] would use just to get home, not to mention
whatever they spend on gas over break.” O’Reilly
says that tickets will go on sale in the next three
weeks once the contract is finalized.
If the experiment is a success this Thanks¬
giving, the SGA will most likely continue the
bus service for future holiday breaks. Before the
plan becomes definite, “We still need to firm up
the funding and decide on a fair ticket price,” ex¬
plained Jacobi. Still, the SGA is optimistic about
the program’s future. Members of the Center for
Campus Activities and Leadership, in addition to
other college administrators, have encouraged this
program. “Provided we get the funding we are
looking for, the service is almost definitely a go,”
Jacobi said.
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Revised alcohol policy approved
_By Eri Nosaka_
Staff Writer
Over the past two weeks, alcohol policy
has dominated the Community Council
agenda. Last week, the Council continued
discussion about changes to the College
handbook language regarding the alcohol
policy, and this week, the Council debated
the possibility of transforming the Grille
into a bar on selected nights. These discus¬
sions have stemmed from a perceived need to
bring social life back onto campus.
After continuing the review of revised
handbook language suggested by Dean of
College and Professor of American Litera¬
ture Tim Spears, Associate Dean of Student
Affairs Marichal Gentry, Director of Public
Safety Lisa Boudah, Director of the Center
of Campus Activities and Leadership Doug
Adams and Dean of the Students and Com¬
munity Council Co-Chair Ann Hanson, the
Council solidified the new language and
ruled to take the steps necessary to approve
and apply the new rules in the handbook by
the tentative date of Nov. 15.
The first significant change made to
handbook language and alcohol policy con¬
cerned the open container rule. According
to Vermont state law, open containers of
alcohol are not allowed in public spaces,
which means a student cannot walk across
campus with an open beer can. The Middle¬
bury College alcohol policy stated that if a
student were found in violation of the open
container rule, the student would receive a
citation. , . , ,
The need for change came from the
College’s desire to better comply with the
state law and the Council’s feeling that party
hosts should be better protected, since party
hosts are faced with fines from public safety
as an increasing number of students leave
parties with drinks. The Council decided
that all students, regardless of their age,
will receive a warning the first time they are
caught in violation of the open container
“The Grille could pro¬
vide an alluring alter¬
native to the off-cam¬
pus, upper-classmen
parties and high pub-
traffic at local bars.”
— Jimmy Hickey ’05,
Council Member
rule and then, for each subsequent violation,
will receive a fine of $50. Underage students
will also receive a citation, according to the
new handbook language.
The second major change made to the
alcohol policy was the addition of “senior
cpmmops rooms.” These common rooms
will be designated by the deans of each
commons and will be a place where of-age
students may consume alcohol alone or with
a group of friends.
Another agenda item that was discussed
on Monday, but was not decided on, was the
social role of The Grille. Council member
Jimmy Hickey ’05 proposed the possibility
of transforming The Grille into a bar on cer¬
tain nights, in a manner similar to the pub
nights that the Middlebury College Activities
Board (MCAB) has hosted a few times this
year. Hickey said that he strongly believes
in the need to move the social scene from
off-campus back on campus, and thinks that
The Grille can play a fundamental role in this
change.
“It has been an increasingly-noted
phenomenon, raising growing concerns
amongst the townspeople and many mem¬
bers of the College, that social life activities
have moved off-campus. In the interest of
resolving these concerns, I believe that The
Grille could provide an alluring alternative
to the off-campus, upper-classmen parties
and high pub-traffic at local bars were it to
transform its current role as an on-campus
social destination,” Hickey said.
The Council discussed the proposal and
decided that it will research on-campus bars
at other colleges and will look into the addi¬
tion of hard liquor service in The Grille in
order to create a setting that would be similar
to that of a bar. Next week the council will
discuss the philosophical and legal questions
concerning proposed changes in The Grille.
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OVERSEAS
BRIEFING
BY DANIEL L.J. PHILLIPS
OXFORD — Upon my recent arrival
to Oxford, amidst the “dreaming spires” and
candle-lit cobblestone alleyways, I was
surprised to come across an aspect of this
ancient university’s tradition that was not
foreign to my Middlebury experience. No,
it was not donning my Sub-Fuse academic
gown with a white tie and mortarboard to
Matriculation, nor was it the four-course
meal served a la carte by Kevin the butler in
the stained-glass gothic dining hall, adorned
with oil paintings dating back to a time be¬
fore Christopher Columbus was even born.
What I have discovered here is the very ori¬
gins of Middlebury’s Commons system, but
on a much grander scale.
The University itself is comprised of 39
different colleges with a much different aes¬
thetic sensibility than the rustic Middlebury
landscape — there are regal stone facades
and gargoyles sprawling with ivy, squared
by grass quadrangles cut as close as a golf
green and tucked away behind enormous
doors and rusty gates down side streets of the
city. The undergraduates here can practically
self-subsist without ever leaving their college
gate — most live within their colleges, have
their tutorial meetings with professors there
and eat in their lavish dining halls. Unlike at
Middlebury, however, both graduate and un¬
dergraduate students at Oxford apply to read
a particular program of study not to the Uni¬
versity, but to one of the colleges. This would
be the equivalent of prospective Middlebury
students seeking admission directly to an
individual Commons, with their major and
classes already selected.
And, as may gradually become the con¬
dition of the Commons system, each college
at Oxford has a distinct identity — some are
much larger and more diverse than others,
and one does not accept students at all, but is
solely comprised of snooty, erudite professors
in tweed jackets who sit around enormous
bookshelves all day and wallow in the exclu¬
sivity of their academia.
It is even rumored that students at Christ
Church College are allowed to bring one of
their cows with them to graze in the College’s
meadow along the canal. Now that’s not a bad
idea at all. What else could Battell Beach pos¬
sibly be used for anyway?
So before we credit Middlebury’s refur¬
bished residential system to Yale founders or
decry the desegregation of an already small
college community, I think we can take a bit
of reassurance in looking back even further to
its inception here in 1249, and see that college
life is flourishing just fine.
So what, you may ask, has been the most
difficult adjustment coming from Middle¬
bury? You can’t walk on the grass — they’ll
fine you. One hundred pounds sterling per
step.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
MOQA says, come out and play this week
Gay-friendly club inundates campus with “Come Out Speak Out” week
Julia Randall
Part of the Coming Out Closet, a staple of Come Out Speak Out Week at Middlebury, sits in front of Ross.
By Kristin Fraser
Staff Writer
This week, the Middlebury
Open Queer Alliance (moqa),
along with the Office of Institu¬
tional Diversity, will sponsor a se¬
ries of events for the annual Come
Out Speak Out Week. The name
has changed from previous years'
Coming Out Week in order to be
more inclusive.
Coming Out Week originated
from the nationally recognized
Coming Out Day, commemorat¬
ing the second gay rights march of
Oct. 11, 1987. The ultimate goal of
the events is to educate and stimu¬
late a more open conversation
about gay and lesbian issues.
“I think a lot of gay people on
campus feel that Middlebury is ac¬
cepting, but not open,” said Moqa
member Tamara Vatnick '07.
“There just isn’t that much discus¬
sion. People don’t ask questions
because they feel uncomfortable,
“I think a lot of
gay people on
campus feel that
Middlebury is ac¬
cepting, but not
open.”
— Tamara
Vatnick ’07
or like they’re going to be politi¬
cally incorrect.”
Come Out Speak Out Week is
one of Moqa’s ways to remedy this
problem. The week’s events include
several panel discussions address¬
ing sexual orientation and gender
issues. Pink triangle cookies were
served in Proctor on Tuesday and
Wednesday as a symbol of gay his¬
tory. The week will conclude with
a party in the Gamut Room on
Friday. “We have a huge number
of events planned this year,” said
Katie Harrold ’06.5, moqa leader.
“I think it will really help to raise
awareness of queer issues.”
As in past years, moqa has also
erected a “closet” on McCullough
lawn. Last year was the first year the
closet survived the week without
being vandalized. The new closet
will be intentionally disassembled
— a wall will be removed each day
and placed with a plaque at differ¬
ent locations around campus until
all that remains is the frame.
“By taking down the walls, we
are showing that we don’t want to
be closed about these issues any¬
more,” said Vatnick.
Coming Out Week last year
generated some discussion about
the relationship of moqa with the
rest of the school. One student told
The Middlebury Campus last year,
“I feel as though most of the events
are more focused on the ‘in-group’
of Moqa members, rather than
building bridges with the rest of
the school.”
Responding to this comment,
then-moqa co-presidents Gab
Fonseca ’04 and Jena Siegel ’04
wrote in an opinions submission
that Coming Out Week events are
“designed to target members and
non-members alike [and] invite
the community to participate in
dialogue and celebrate freedom
of open sexual expression.” The
current, leaders of moqa agree, and
a major goal of Come Out Speak
Out Week is to reach out to those
who are not currently involved
with moqa.
“We are really making an effort
to include more of the campus, but
we have to avoid making it a wa¬
tered-down version,” said Harrold.
“The purpose of these events is to
discuss [GLBTQ] issues. We just
want to reach a broader audience.”
To achieve this goal, the events
will be more interactive than in
previous years — the format of
most of the events is a panel, where
participants will share personal
experience and encourage discus¬
sion, rather than a lecture format.
Although many moqa mem¬
bers say that Middlebury has a
ways to go until it can be consid¬
ered a completely open and ac¬
cepting campus, most agree that it
has been making progress.
“I know this campus has come
a long way in the past few years,”
said Vatnick. “(Some older moqa
members] have said there’s been
a huge change since they got to
Midd.”
Those involved with this year’s
Come Out Speak Out Week hope
to continue that trend.
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noting that the health center had
originally ordered 500 doses for this
year. In accordance with guidelines
set forth by the Center for Disease
Control (CDC), the doses that
Middlebury College will receive
will be made available only to those
who are at greatest risk from serious
complications from the flu. This
applies to those who have chronic
pulmonary disorders, meaning stu¬
dents who are asthmatics who are
on steroidal medication.
Essentially, the vaccine is un¬
available in the state of Vermont.
Students should not think that
because they cannot get the vaccine
on campus that they could run to
Porter Hospital or Fletcher Allen
Hospital to get immunized.
Stevens encourages students
who feel sick to come to the health
center to get checked out. “If you get
the flu, it’s treatable,” said Stevens.
However, “it’s a public health issue
and the notion that you stay out of
public places [if sick] is valid.” Flu
symptoms include: muscle aches, fe¬
ver and chills, headache, a dry cough
and weakness. Those who have the
flu usually “feel lousy for up to two
weeks,” according to Stevens.
Treatment for the flu includes:
drinking lots of fluids, staying in
bed, symptomatic treatments such
as taking Tylenol or Advil for fe¬
ver and body aches, gargling salt
water for sore throats and using
cough suppressants — and, most
importantly, staying home if sick.
Despite students’ hesitation to miss
classes, Stevens asserted that that is
one of the most important things
students could do. “The sick need to
stay home,” she said. This helps the
student get better as well as prevents
the spread of the illness.
“We’ll see more cases of the flu
this year because of the shortage,”
said Stevens. “The flu vaccine is the
best way to prevent contracting this
illness. Now we have to revert back
to the old arsenal of tricks.” These
old tricks include avoiding people
who are sick, washing hands thor¬
oughly — “This means using soap
and hot water, and singing happy
birthday twice [while washing],”
said Stevens — and especially keep¬
ing your immune system healthy
by getting lots of sleep and eating
right.
According to the CDC, the
main way that illnesses like colds
and flue are spread is from person
to person in respiratory droplets of
coughs and sneezes. Stevens recom¬
mends that people keep their hands
clean and away from the mouth,
nose and eyes. Viruses can survive
College mourns loss
Continued from page i
Other contributions during his
lengthy career included serving
as guest preacher at numerous
other schools, and serving as acting
preacher in the local Episcopalian
community. After stepping down
from the chaplaincy at Middlebury
in 1986, he was interim rector of
Grace Church in Manhattan for
one year.
Scott’s passing was mourned
by members of the Middlebury
College community both past and
present. In his message, Liebowitz
said, “Chaplain Scott counseled
and advised generations of Mid¬
dlebury students. He was revered
as a friend and trusted counselor.
The Middlebury community has
lost an icon. Chaplain Scott’s influ¬
ence will continue to be present
at Middlebury for generations, as
the foundation he established for
spiritual expression at Middlebury
continues to flourish.”
On a Web site allowing College
community members to post their
personal remembrances of Chap¬
lain Scott, Rabbi Gerald B. Zeler-
myer ’61 wrote, “His lectures in
on surfaces for up to two hours. “In
a two hour period a lot of people can
use the same machine in the fitness
center or use the same bathroom, in¬
creasing the potential for the spread
of the illness,” said Stevens. The
health center will distribute hand
sanitizers in the fitness center as a
precaution.
Stevens urges students to be
prepared, and most importantly, to
get enough rest. “If you’re tired, your
immune system is busted,” she said.
For more information about the
flu, visit the health center or go to the
CDC’s Web site, www.cdc.gov.
the classroom were profound. His
integrity of belief personally and
for the convictions of the entire
college community was total. Here
was one man who knew and found
his place. It was Middlebury.”
Two memorial services for
Chaplain Scott were held in Mead
Chapel and at St. Stephen’s Church
in Middlebury, on Oct. 13 and Oct.
14 respectively. Furthermore, the
College’s religious life facility in
Hathway House has been renamed
The Charles R Scott Spiritual and
Religious Life Center in Scott’s
honor.
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their belongings inside and eat their
meals worry-free.
Being a victim of a theft has
changed Weisman’s perceptions of
the relative safety of Middlebury
College’s environment. “I was devas¬
tated, not only because I was missing
a few of my most valuable and im¬
portant belongings, but also because
in the moment that I discovered my
purse had been taken, my Middle¬
bury‘bubble’ of safety was burst/*
Students have not been left apa¬
thetic by the aftermath of the recent
crimes. As a result of the theft of his
backpack, Mallett commented “I’ve
started to be more conscious about
where I leave my things and what I
leave lying around.”
As for Weisman, “This experi¬
ence has been a wake-up call for me.
I no longer leave my door unlocked
and I don’t leave my belongings ly¬
ing around unattended as before.”
An Inaugural sight
Reeve mourned
Continued from page l
his neck. But in the years since
his accident, Reeve worked
tirelessly at rehabilitation and
recovered some of his feeing
and movement. His struggle
has been a story of motivation
to millions who suffer from pa¬
ralysis. Reeve was also a storng
advocate for medical research,
especially stem-cell research.
On Sunday, May 23, 2004,
Reeve and his wife, Dana, co¬
delivered the Middlebury Col¬
lege Class of 2004 commence¬
ment address.
The Reeves jointly spoke
to 5,000 people on the green
behind Voter Hall and received
honorary degrees from the
College.
This Middlebury degree
is the second for Dana, who
gradated from Middlebury as
an English major in 1984.
“I’ve learned by being lit¬
erally paralyzed that, to a large
extent, paralysis is a choice,”
Reeve said at graduation “We
can either watch from the side¬
lines or actively participate.
We can rationalize inaction
by deciding that one voice or
one vote doesn’t matter, or we
can make the choice that inac¬
tion is unacceptable - either
let self-doubt and feelings of
inadequacy prevent us from
realizing our full potential, or
embrace the fact that when we
turn our attention away from
ourselves, our potential is lim¬
itless.”
Reeve will be remembered
by last year’s graduates for his
wqjds and style. “As a gradu¬
ate about to set foot into the
world beyond Middlebury, it
was great to have a person of
his aura and charisma say the
final words of congratulations
and inspiration,” said Brainder
Commons Residential Advisor
Eric Ambrette ’04. “It was a
truly moving address.”
Julia Randall
A spectator gets a close-up look at the inauguration of President
Ronald D. Liebowitz as Middlebury College’s 16th President.
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OCTOBER 6, 2004 TO OCTOBER 17, 2004
DATE
TIME
INCIDENT
CATEGORY
LOCATION
DISPOSITION
10/4/04
Evening
Theft
Ross
No Suspects
10/6/04
9 a.m.
Vandalism
Wall
KDR
No Suspects
10/6/04
9:45 p.m.
Drug Violation
Marijuana
Pearsons
Referred to Commons Dean
10/7/04
Unknown
Theft
Bicycle
Campus
No Suspects
10/7/04
5:30 p.m.
Theft
Printer Cable
Route 125
Open
10/5/04
Unknown
Theft
Banquet Table Skirt
Athletic Fields
No Suspects
10/7/04
Unknown
Theft (4 instances)
Bicycle
Campus
No Suspects
10/8/04
4:20 p.m.
Vandalism
Vehicle
Service Building
No Suspects
10/9/04
12:35 a.m.
Disturbance
Noise
Atwater
Referred to Commons Dean
10/8/04
2:30 p.m.
Assault
Physical
Storrs Avenue
MPD
10/10/04
1 a.m.
Drug Violation
Pipe
Battell
Referred to Commons Dean
10/9/04
8:30 a.m.
Theft
Plaque
Alumni Stadium
No Suspects
10/10/04
11:30 a.m.
Vandalism
Broken Window and Door
77 Main Street
No Suspects
10/12/04
11:01p.m.
Drug Violation
Marijuana
Lang
Referred to Commons Dean
10/12/04
1:40 a.m.
Harassment
Telephone Calls
Gifford
Open
10/13/04
Unknown
Theft (9 instances)
Bicycle
Campus
No Suspects
10/9/04
12 - 6 a.m.
Vandalism
Emergency Phone
Hadley
No Suspects
10/4/04
9:30 a.m.
Theft
Furniture
Stewart
No Suspects
10/14/04
9 a.m.
Theft
Furniture
Stewart
No Suspects
10/14/04
8:30 a.m.
Driving Offense
Ski Trail
Snow Bowl
Referred to Commons Dean
10/15/04
1:10 a.m.
Drug Violation
Marijuana
The Mill
Referred to Commons Dean
10/15/04
Unknown
Theft (2 instances)
Bicycle
Campus
No Suspects
10/17/04
12:08 a.m.
Drug Violation
Pipe
Battell
Referred to Commons Dean
rom 10/7/04 to 10/17/04, there were 23 instances of alcohol possession by a minor reported around campus.
COLLEGE
SHORTS
BY ALYSSA THURSTON
College Tuition
Rising Nationwide
A survey of nearly 2,700 colleges and uni¬
versities nationwide found that tuition at both
types of institutions rose this year — the cost
of attending public universities rose an aver¬
age of 10.5 percent, while tuition at private
universities and community college increased
by an average of six percent and nine percent,
respectively.
The rise in public university tuition was
the second-largest increase in over a decade
— last year’s rise, thirteen percent, was the
highest. The tuition increases at private and
community colleges were also among the
steepest in a decade.
This marks the first time that the average
tuition at the nation’s postsecondary institu¬
tions has surpasses $20,000 for a private col¬
lege, $5,000 for a public university and $2,000
for a community college.
Among the many factors cited by higher
education experts for the large increases in¬
clude shrinking endowments, big increases in
health insurance costs for campus employee
and anemic higher spending by states.
Despite the increases, the survey found,
students are not necessarily paying all the
extra costs. Financial aid has been increasing
as well, often softening the blow from, though
not always keeping pace with, rising tuition.
However, the survey’s authors said that this
year’s increases were so large that grants might
not be able to keep up with them.
— The New York
New rankings?
U.S. News & World Report , that perennial
judge that ranks colleges and universities na¬
tionwide according to its own system, has new
competition.
A group of economists and statisticians
from Harvard University, Boston University
and the University of Pennsylvania worked
together to devise a new system for ranking
colleges — a system based not on admission
percentages, SAT scores and student-faculty
ratios, as the U.S. News system is, but on ad¬
mitted students’ likelihood to choose one
school over another.
In the group’s findings, recently published
by the National Bureau of Economic Research,
colleges and universities can manipulate
numerical data that U.S. News uses to assign
rankings every year. By instead analyzing
which schools tend to be chosen more by
admitted students in comparison to others, a
college’s place in relation to all schools begins
to emerge, and the rankings take shape. If one
school “wins” a student over two others, its
ranking rises in relation to the schools it beat.
The authors of the study ran a prelimi¬
nary demonstration of their theory in which
they tracked the college choices of 3,240
high-performing students from 396 schools
nationwide. According to this trial run, the
two twenty schools ranked similarly to the top
liberal arts colleges and universities in the U.S.
News rankings, but the order of the rankings
changes. For instance, Duke University, which
currently ranks fifth in U.S. News , fell to nine¬
teenth place in this new study.
Many critics of college rankings claim
that under the current system of ranking,
some schools try to bolster their placement by
attempting to manipulate their school’s data.
For instance, they might try to lower their
admissions percentage by encouraging appli¬
cations from students who actually have low
chances for admission, thereby making their
schol look more selective. In this new system,
the only way for colleges to improve their place
in the rankings is to get more top students to
apply and attend.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
6
RETURN OF THE
’RENTS
TOWN BUSINESSES
ANTICIPATE FALL
FAMILY WEEKEND II
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ALL RISE
SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE SCALIA
ADDRESSES CROWD
ATUVM
Fall Family Weekend sparks sales
Julia Randall
Middlebury will get a big economic boost this weekend when scores par¬
ents descend on the town during the College’s Family Fall Weekend Two.
By Elizabeth Siegel
Staff Writer
The town of Middlebury is
transformed each October when
leaves change color on cue and
parents invade en masse. It is no co¬
incidence that the College’s two Fall
Family Weekends occur during peak
foliage season. The school throws
out a welcome mat of brilliant or¬
anges and reds for families eager to
see the students and the campus. But
the foliage is not the only draw.
“[Middlebury is] a very charm¬
ing town,” remarked resident Kristi
Gorton of Middlebury’s appeal to
visiting parents.
“To entertain your parents you
take them into town,” noted cloth¬
ing boutique Glass Bead Game em¬
ployee Hannah Baker ’07. Baker can
relate to the desire to keep visitors
occupied. “Last Parents’ Weekend,
my dad’s girlfriend came into Glass
Bead Game and bought some clothes
while I was working,” she said. “I also
saw a lot of my friends coming into
the store with their parents. When¬
ever it’s a parents’ weekend, we al¬
ways expect it to be busy.”
“We plan for Parents’ Weekend,”
echoed David Disque, owner Forth
‘N Goal, a sporting goods and cloth¬
ing store. “We bring in extra staff
and often I will be present in the
store because customers like to see
the owner.”
Inside Forth ‘N Goal paint¬
ings of Middlebury College athletes
adorn the walls and T-shirts branded
with Middlebury sports both real
— “Middlebury College Football”
— and imagined — “Middlebury
Surfing” — can be purchased. It is
no surprise then that sales spiked
at Forth ‘N Goal over the first Fall
Family Weekend. “The biggest seller
is definitely the Middlebury gear,”
explained Disque. “It is harder for
parents to say no to their kids while
visiting them at school,” he sur¬
mised, “and the kids milk it for all
its worth.”
Baker noticed a similar trend
taking place at Glass Bead Game
during this year’s first Parents’
Weekend. “A girl came in the week
before Parents’ Weekend, picked out
a lot of clothes, and then put them
on hold until the weekend,” she said.
“She knew that when her mom came
she would pay for it.”
Profits brought in by visit¬
ing families to shops such as Glass
Bead Game and Forth N’ Goal are
characteristic of the two Fall Family
Weekends effects on the town. When
asked to comment on the weekend,
many merchants, restaurateurs and
inn employees had responses similar
to that given by Walter O’Donoghue,
bartender and manager at Tully &
Marie’s Restaurant — “It brings us
money.”
“It’s good for the whole town,”
explained O’Donoghue. “Everyone
benefits. We love Parents’ Weekend.
It’s a real boost.”
“Parents’ Weekend comes at the
same time as fall foliage,” noted Dale
Goddard, owner of the Middlebury
restaurant Fire and Ice. “These fall
weekends make us very busy and we
look forward to it.”
“Fall foliage makes October
a big business month,” agreed
Middlebury’s Swift House Inn and
Restaurant employee Heather Barry.
“But I see more business during the
Middlebury College Weekends (such
as Parents’ Weekend and Homecom¬
ing) than I do during a regular
weekend.”
Additionally, benefits accrued
from the College’s Fall Family
Weekends, coupled with those from
autumnal visitors, come just before
the town experiences a lag in busi¬
ness. “Wintertime is very slow for
the town,” said O’Donoghue
“We’re kind of like a bear eating
salmon before winter,” explained
Goddard, conjuring up an image
appropriate for Vermont. “We have
to store up for some of the slower
nights ahead. We enjoy it and the
parents are usually in a very good
mood.” Regardless, Goddard
remarked that working Fall Fam¬
ily Weekend is “pretty tiring for the
staff. They work long days and it is
pretty much all hands on deck.”
Ron Sunderland, manager of
Middlebury’s Rosie’s Diner, observed
a similar effect on his employees. “By
the end of the weekend,” he chuck¬
led, “we’re all giggling and laughing
at each other even though there
isn’t anything [that is] too amusing.
We’re just all exhausted.”
Strain from long workdays is
not the only thing that comes along
with the well-timed inflow of cash
experienced by the town due to
Parents’ Weekend. “Because Middle¬
bury is so small,” lamented Gorton,
“any event that brings a lot of traffic
into the town creates chaos.”
However, Gorton maintained
that, on Parents’ Weekends, those
extra bodies in town represent “very
kind, great people from all differ¬
ent areas. It’s fun to meet them. I
wouldn’t say anything negative
about Parents’ Weekend.”
With an attitude that seems
indicative of the stance most lo¬
cal business owners take towards
Parents’ Weekend, Priscilla Baker,
receptionist at Middlebury’s Inn on
the Green and Middlebury resident,
makes allowances for the traffic
problems accompanying Fall Family
Weekend. “Some people might be
upset that they can’t get their usual
parking space,” she explained, “and
locals who are trying to find a res¬
taurant would probably have to head
out of town, but that’s okay because
Parents’ Weekend is so short lived.
Most people really welcome the in¬
creased business that it brings.”
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
localnews
Scalia delivers his verdict for UVM
Justice addresses Constitutional interpretation in lecture.
By Katherine Doorley
LOCAL NEWS EDITOR
Courtesy
Justice Scalia endorses the “originalism” method of interpreting the Constitution, which gives the text the
meaning it had when it was adopted. Scalia encourages amending the text to secure new rights and privileges.
United States Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia addressed a
large crowd Friday, Oct. 8 in the Ira
Allen Chapel at the University of Ver¬
mont (UVM), discussing his judicial
beliefs and how they have shaped his
rulings. Scalia is known as one of the
most conservative members of the
highest court in the United States.
He has ruled in favor of executing
mentally handicapped inmates and
against abortion rights, two of his
more controversial stances.
Scalia defined his belief sys¬
tem stating, “I am a believer in the
method called originalism, which in
a nutshell says you look at the text
of the Constitution and you give the
text the meaning it had when it was
adopted.” This theory of constitu¬
tional interpretation directly opposes
the rulings pattern of justices such as
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is know
for her belief that the Constitution
is a living document. In the latter
theory, the Constitution was written
to be flexible enough to allow it to be
molded, as changing times require.
Today the “living document” theory
has more support among lawyers and
judges than originalism, a fact that
Scalia himself noted.
Originalists such as Justice Sca¬
lia argue that .the “living document”
belief limits democratic debate be¬
cause “every time the Supreme Court
defines an aspect of the Constitution
it reduces debate. Every time we find
some new right in the Constitution
which was never put there by the
framers, the debate ends.”
Rather than using judicial in¬
terpretation to settle debates over
issues such as the death penalty or
voting rights, Scalia argued that we
should rely on democratic processes.
Using the 19th amendment — which
extended suffrage to women — as an
example, Scalia noted that rather
than expanding on the equal pro¬
tection clause already in the Con¬
stitution so that it included voting
rights for women, Congress chose
to undertake a democratic process
to amend the constitution itself. This
is the method Scalia encourages for
securing new rights and privileges.
He argues that this system, rather
than allowing lawyers to make the
final rulings on issues, and ignoring
public debate, is far more demo¬
cratic and in line with the Constitu¬
tion than allowing for widespread
judicial rulings.
Scalia also discussed the grow¬
ing politicalization of the judiciary.
While he was confirmed in a Sen¬
ate vote of 98-0 in 1986, today even
nominations for Federal Circuit
Courts are highly contentious.
Scalia argued that this politiciza¬
tion is detrimental to the American
legal system. According to Scalia, the
contentiousness of the confirmation
process is due to the fact that Con¬
gress now attempts to place “the kind
of people on the court who will write
the kind of Constitution [they] like.”
At the end of his speech, Scalia
agreed to take questions, many of
which centered on 2000 s Bush v.
Gore case. Scalia defended his ruling
in the case, in which he agreed with
the court majority that the Florida
recount should be stopped, due to
what he saw was a violation of the
equal protection clause of the Con¬
stitution as a result of the methods
being used in the recount.
In closing, Scalia stressed once
again that his interpretation of the
Constitution is not a strictly conser¬
vative position. Rather, Scalia argued
that neither side of the interpretation
debate automatically corresponds to
a political position. Indeed, he feels
that when the Constitution is left
open to interpretation, the interpre¬
tation and creation of laws and stat¬
utes can take place on either side of
the political spectrum, while forever
protecting certain areas from con¬
gressional action. Hence his belief
that his version of the Constitution
is the one that is enduring.
Rural
Banter
BY ERICA GOODMAN
“Got food? Thank a farmer.”
One of my favorite bumper stickers.
I was sitting outside of Proctor
the other day, waiting to meet a
few friends for dinner, not really
concerned that they are running
late because it is October and still in
the 60s. Two students walked past,
sucking down the last of their Ben
and Jerry’s ice cream cones. “Eww-
www! Vermont stinks!” one of the
poor souls (we’ll call her “Cherry”)
exclaimed as she contorted her face
into a pug-like expression. Whatever
Cherry’s friend “Garcia” replied
was muffled as he responded to the
putrid scent by lifting his arm in a
Dracula pose to shield his nostrils
from the country air.
Witnessing the interaction, I
sent “Cherry” and “Garcia” a villain¬
ous glare that they didn’t see, but
made me feel better, like I was doing
my part to represent the farmer.
I do agree that the rancid scent
of cow manure is not the most
pleasant aroma. That is obvious
by observing all the distorted faces
around campus when someone
from a bordering farm decides to
fertilize his cropland. But have no
fear. The stench may be gone sooner
than you can say “Coffee Coffee
Buzzbuzzbuzz.”
The great statesman and
president Thomas Jefferson once de¬
clared that “Agriculture is the most
important occupation of human¬
kind; rural life is morally superior;
and a nation of small independent
farmer is better for democracy.”
However, small farms throughout
the nation (yes, including Vermont)
have been dwindling. The latest
USDA census marked a 14 percent
decrease over five years in the num¬
ber of farms in Addison County.
But I suppose I cannot blame the
owners of small farms who decide
to close shop.
One problem with the dairy
industry is that there are no pro¬
motions. One does not enter the
profession of farming to make the
big bucks and retire with a good
pension. In fact, dairy farmers re¬
ceive only about 20 percent of what
consumers pay for milk. The costs
of feed and machinery continue to
rise, but the digits on the milk check
do not get any bigger. Add to the
mix the lack of benefits — no health
insurance and no vacation or sick
days.
Still, the morality that Jefferson
argues is a result of the rural life
— hard work, a dedication to family
and personal sacrifice — stand as
enough to keep some farmers going.
Even now, in an age of e-business
and suburbia, the agricultural life is
one in which some men and women
continue to persevere.
So I ask but one favor. By all
means, if the aroma is nauseating,
please plug your nose. Yet on those
muggy evenings this fall, when the
layers of moist fog settle on campus
and bring the pungent scent of cow
manure and simmering silage to the
College, take a moment from your
nose cringing to remember who
puts the cream in your Cookies and
Cream.
BEYOND THE
BUBBLE
BY CLAIRE NIELSON AND LISIE MEHLMAN
You would think that a girl from Idaho and
a gal from suburbia would have an interesting
tale to tell about their weekend excursion to the
Big Apple. You would be right.
After piling into the “Roo” (Claire’s
Subaru), Claire, Lisie and their dear friends
headed out of town. Only two minutes after
bidding adieu to Gifford, Lisie remembered
that she had to pick up garbage bags full of
her laundry at Fluff and Fold. Lisie hates do¬
ing laundry more than anything in the world.
Now that she has discovered the thrills of Fluff
and Fold, her life has taken on new meaning.
The road trip was fun, yet uneventful, save for
Abby driving the Roo whilst Claire ate her salad
(Claire is the only human being who orders sal¬
ads at Wendy’s drive-thrus) and got pulled over
for blocking the passing lane. Apparently that is
a big problem in Massachusetts.
Upon arriving in the city, the first thing we
seven girls did was order in Dominos. We really
are classy broads. We even ordered Meat Lov¬
ers. And then to bed we went.
The next day we lounged around, catch¬
ing up on “Dawson’s Creek” reruns. Then, like
girls on a mission, we shopped. All we can say is
that our parents will not be pleased when they
see our credit card bills (Priscilla and Chris,
Markandbar — remember, we had a really
great time!). In Victoria’s Secret, our pal Isabel
set off the alarm for attempting to shoplift a
tacky, gold chained thong. She claims it was an
accident. We don’t entirely believe her. Once
we were shopped out, Claire, Lisie and Abby
grabbed a cab to go shower at Abby’s brother’s
apartment in Tribeca. The cab was rear-ended.
That was interesting. We primped as quickly as
three girls could possibly primp and grabbed
another cab to meet up with the rest of the crew
at Sushi Samba. That cab was rear-ended too.
We aren’t kidding.
Dining at Sushi Samba was an experience
unlike any other. It was magical, really. (And
expensive, but that’s beside the point.) Sushi
Samba is quite the trendy eatery. It was featured
in a “Sex in the City” episode. To be perfectly
frank, we all did feel a little Carrie-esque sitting
there. The restaurant was bright, crowded and
blaring loud music, and to top it off, a group of
men sent a round of drinks over to our table.
We felt very chic and were sad to depart. But
on we went to Jameson’s. It is tricky to find bars
that don’t card in the city, so as you can imag¬
ine, Jameson’s wasn’t necessarily the classiest of
places. It made for a fun evening though.
Tired out from our fun-filled day, Claire,
Lisie and Abby cabbed it back to Tribeca,
thankfully accident free this time. However,
once we arrived, we found ourselves locked
out of the apartment. Abby’s brother finally
came to the rescue, and as Claire and Lisie
introduced themselves to him, he stripped to
his boxers and pranced about, declaring his
love for his alarm clock which, evidently, sets
itself. Abby claims that her brother isn’t always
naked, but we aren’t entirely convinced. Sleep
felt nice.
The rest of the weekend was equally
entertaining. Gillie almost got kicked out of
Jameson’s for writing “Yankees Suck” on a
chalkboard that had previously listed the spe¬
cials. Isabel and Lisie got caught in the rain for
45 minutes, unable to find a cab, singing Ashlee
Simpson songs all the while. It turns out NYC is
somewhat of a bubble itself — a pricey, chaotic
bubble — but one we were glad to pop into for
a weekend. As always, it felt nice to come home,
to watch “Alias” and to get yelled at in the li¬
brary for talking too loud. Sushi Samba was
nice, but it’s no Proctor.
opinions
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
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Editorial
Dear President Liebowitz
For the 16th time in Middlebury College history, a
new president has been inaugurated. Congratulations
President Liebowitz, you join a distinguished fellowship.
But the celebration has ended and now “officially” be¬
gins your tenure as president. As you start to prioritize
and plan how you will make your mark on the College,
we would like to make a few suggestions.
Be accessible to the entire College community. We
would love to run into you at lunch in Ross Dining Hall
and chat about college life while waiting in line for the
pizzas to come out of the oven. Too often students feel
a disconnect between themselves and Old Chapel and
are then frustrated when policies are introduced with¬
out adequate input from majority of people who will
be effected. If we see you around on campus, this will
help reassure students that you are “in-touch” with the
student body. What better way to understand student
life than to experience it occasionally?
Do not forget about the students who currently
make up the College community. There has been notice¬
able push to enhance Middlebury’s appeal to the pro¬
spective student. The College’s homepage is now geared
entirely towards the image that the College wishes to
project outward and you have already announced your
desire to improve the “human capital” component of
the College. While we applaud the shift in focus from
the material — the building projects and the physical
expansion of the campus that often dominated Presi¬
dent Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr.’s tenure — the
College’s current human capital cannot go ignored. You
have taken charge of an institution of 2,300 intelligent,
ambitious and energetic students, at least 500 of whom
will be on campus with you for the next four years.
Impress upon us your commitment to the College and
those who make up the current student body. Inspire us,
guide us and lead us to make this College a better place
with our presence as an asset.
Show us that the welfare of students is at the front
of your mind. There is now a lesser threat of broken
legs with the newly cemented paths across McCullough
lawn, but what about installing more blue lights and
emergency boxes and improving the lighting on walking
paths, especially around the Ridgeline woods and park¬
ing lots? For better or worse, we often boast of being
insulated by a Middlebury “bubble,” but we do not need
to wait for that bubble to burst before you take pro-ac¬
tive steps to ensure student safety.
While the Commons system and buildings such as
McCardell Bicentennial Hall and the new library are
prominent testaments to John McCardell’s tenure as
College president, we are eager to look with you towards
the future. As you take those first steps forward, we hope
you will do it with us in mind.
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
In the last issue of The Middlebury Campus , I submitted an article that
provided a brief summary of the Republican platform. My purpose was both
to present the Republican position on various issues, addressing what I felt
were common misconceptions, and to expose what I consider flaws in liberal
logic. After picking up a copy of The Campus on Thursday morning, I saw
that my arguments addressing the liberal standpoint on both healthcare and
education were missing. I now know that my article was cut for length but,
nevertheless, I am disappointed with the end result. I feel that the content of
my article was altered to my disadvantage and I take this opportunity to men
tion the missing arguments.
Concerning healthcare, it is important to recognize that the liberals’ so
lution, universal healthcare, is not in the best interest of our country. Not only
will it cost trillions of dollars to supply the entire population with healthcare,!
but to fund it means raising taxes. Yes, even for the middle class. More impor¬
tantly, taking competition out of the healthcare market will lower the quality
of care.
On the issue of education, I acknowledge that while standardized testing,
is not a faultless way of measuring students’ abilities, it is all we have at thej
moment. Liberals, while quick to label standardized testing as unfair, have
failed to come up with something better.
Allison Kennedy ’07
To the Editor:
I am writing with regard to a factual mistake in the Thursday, Oct. 7,|
2004 issue of The Middlebury Campus. In “Fletcher: a band of brothers,”]
Amanda Goodwin and Alyssa Thurston indicate that some of “the College’s!
recent housing policy changes, [which] include[d] the abolition of sub-free
housing.” This is incorrect. The College has not abolished substance-free
housing options in upperclass dorms. Rather, due to a significant decrease,
in the number of incoming first-year substance free applications, the College]
was not able to provide the substance free hall option in first-year dorms.
Nonetheless, during the first-year roommate matching process, any first year
who requested substance free living was matched up with another first-year
who also indicated a preference for substance free living. In this respect, our
substance-free housing practices did not change at all.
Kelly Bevere
Residential Systems Coordinator
To the Editor:
Andrew Chambers’ Opinions submission, “A conservative voice speaks!
out,” in the Tuesday, Oct. 7,2004 issue is yet another piece emphasizing Ker¬
ry’s flip-flops. This criticism speaks volumes about the black and white, good
vs. evil idealism that has characterized this administration. Sure it’s easier to
appeal to the American people with simplistic rhetoric, while condemning
those that dare to point out reality as inconsistent. Consider the following:
Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11 AND is a cruel dictator worthy of
removal. It was valiant for Kerry to fight in Vietnam AND protest the wholly
miscalculated war. The war on terror requires the use of force in Arab na¬
tions AND attacking Arab nations increases the hatred that causes terrorism.
Democracy is good for Iraq AND it is extremely adverse to its consolidation.
The reasons given for going into Iraq were dishonest AND we must stay and
finish the job to the best of our abilities.
The Bush campaign continually takes Kerry’s attempts at truth and fit
them into their anti-Kerry mold. The truth is America needs a president who
can recognize it is not ALWAYS either or.
The author additionally states that even Democrats “seem mildly up¬
set Kerry is their candidate.” I think Republicans and Democrats alike, as
American citizens, should be upset about the dishonesty and corruption of
the Bush administration undermining American politics. It will only worsen
a political atmosphere that yields campaigns focused on who’s worse, rather'
than who’s better.
Britt Neuhaus ’07
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
opinions
George serves Connor supports
Midd community youth interests
On Nov. 2, we have an oppor¬
tunity to send a strong voice back
to the Vermont Legislature. That
voice belongs to Dean George. I have
enjoyed many years working closely
with Dean as a fellow Selectperson in
Middleburv. Having served as chair
and member of many committees
— including Public Works, Public
Safety and Union Negotiations — he
has made numerous and significant
contributions to our town.
Dean seeks to return to the
state legislature where he served
with distinction from 2000 to 2002.
He was then and continues to be an
important player in the transporta¬
tion field, currently serving as Mid-
dlebury’s representative to Addison
County Transit Resources (ACTR).
With his impressive law enforce¬
ment background, Dean has been
called upon to help achieve Home¬
land Security goals in our
town and other parts of
Vermont. The Addison
County State’s Attorney singled
him out for praise, recognizing his
professional and tireless assistance
in a recent successful front-page
prosecution. Furthermore, Dean was
selected by Governor Jim Douglas
to serve on a state-wide committee
to research, review and recommend
candidates to fill a vacancy on the
Vermont Supreme Court.
Dean has effectively served our
town, county and sate for many
years. He deserves to be returned to
the Vermont Legislature where he
will again be a strong voice for
Middlebury. Please join me on
Nov. 2 and cast your vote for
Dean George for State Rep¬
resentative for Middlebury
and East Middlebury.
A strength of the Vermont
House is the diversity of its mem¬
bership. We are a citizens' legisla¬
ture, and we bring our perspectives
with us to Montpelier. We have
lawyers, farmers, retired people,
homemakers, business
executives, teachers and
yi nonprofit workers in the
f House. But we do not
have a single House
m member under the
age of 30.
The sad-
' W IS dest export
Vermont
continues
to make is
our chil¬
dren. Ver¬
mont has a
dispropor¬
tionately low population of people
aged 22 to 34, and our population
of school children continues to
shrink. Without attracting more
young people to come and stay in
Vermont, we have a bleak future.
We need in the House Tabby’s
perspective as an Addison County
native and a young person strug¬
gling to complete her education and
start her career. I am very impressed
with her intelligence, hard work and
good judgment. Tabby will help us
to craft policies to create an envi¬
ronment where more young people
can afford to live and work.
I urge Middlebury residents to
vote for Tabby Connor for the Ver¬
mont House.
JOYCE ERRECART
A STATE REPRESENTATIVE
FROM SHELBOURNE, VT.
Student embraces the Midd bubble
It was probably while watching
one of Bushs awkward and drawn
out stares at the camera during last
week’s debate that I realized just
how out of touch with the outside
world I am here in our Middlebury
“bubble.” It was literally the first
time since arriving on campus that
I sat down for more than a couple
minutes to observe something im¬
portant going on that was not hap¬
pening right outside pf my door.
During High School, I was
constantly engaged in the media
and the national news — keeping
up on sports scores, never missing
an episode of “Survivor” or “24”
and doing a moderate job of keep¬
ing up with the war and politics.
Since being at Middlebury I find
myself more curious about the
dessert at Proctor is on a given day
than if the Patriots won, Rob was
voted out or how we are doing in
Iraq. To be blunt, the only news
I really pay attention to is which
social house to go to on a weekend
night, what band is playing at the
Grille or which hiking trip is leav¬
ing when. Maybe its the mountains
all around that gives me a sense of
“Who cares?” No national news can
matter enough to climb over all of
them and actually affect my life. Or
maybe it is the fact that whenever I
am not working, unrequired read¬
ing is always a distant second to
any social activity such as kicking
back and watching “Family Guy”
on DVD with some friends.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not
mean to say that the Middlebury
“bubble” is a bad thing. In fact, I
have learned to appreciate such a
simple lifestyle. I like being com¬
pletely secluded as a community,
not being able to get addicted to a
television show or picking up the
campus paper to see that the big¬
gest story in the area is the student
government elections. And the
biggest worries? Missing cups and
noise complaints. I simply did not
realize for these first few weeks of
school how incredibly immersed I
am in the campus and the commu¬
nity, and how unimmersed I am in
the rest of the world. It took Bush’s
classic smirk as he stood in silence
to make me realize that Middlebury
is its own world with only the oc¬
casional alien landing to remind us
that we still are in the same galaxy.
NICK FAGER ’07
UNDECIDED xMAJOR
FROM NEW CANAAN, CT.
NOTES
FROM THE DESK
It’s time to dispel the myths of fairy¬
tale —“Febdom.” In short, being a “Feb”
has not been everything it was stacked up
to be. Firsdy, I didn’t choose to be a Feb,
but the College did all it could to con¬
vince me I was just as good as the “Regs,”
if not better, because being accepted as
a Feb meant I was unique and extraor¬
dinarily motivated, or something. On
the other hand, my father was delighted
about this delay, for it meant sue more
months to work off a tuition bill larger
than the value of our house.
This leads me to the second thing
wrong with being a Feb — high expecta¬
tions. Apparently it wasn’t enough to be
accepted to Middlebury. I found out only
after arriving at College that Febs were
also supposed to have saved 700 starving
children in Tibet during their semester
off. Well, somebody should have told me.
After the onslaught of eager, expect¬
ant “What did you do on your time offs?”,
I moved into a dorm of “Regs” like a
few other Feb outcasts. Then I never got
the privilege of experiencing the “most
awesomest ever” Feb clique, which treats
all outsiders like social pariahs. As a result,
the majority of my friends were Regs,
who went abroad when I stayed at Midd,
and stayed at Midd when I went abroad.
So now I am on the cusp of gradu¬
ation, or at least an informal celebration,
after I move out one more time than
all of the Regs had to. And what should
I find out? I don’t receive the symbolic
diploma because the College only prints
this official document in the spring.
“Hey mom and dad! Look at my dip ...
I mean ... cane?”
My other consolation prize will be
one last question, which I’ve been grap¬
pling with for the last four years. What
grade am I in? My first semester I was
definitely a first-year and my third semes¬
ter I was certainly a sophomore, but what
about my fourth semester when I was
telling everyone I was a junior, “sort of,
though I feel like a sophomore and actu¬
ally am one, technically, but not officially.”
And what about now? Everyone’s asking
me why I haven’t graduated and I don’t
think I know the answer either. So now I
have to go by that obnoxiously preten¬
tious label, “super senior”? Come to think
of it, even when I graduate, or “celebrate,”
I’ll still be wandering aimlessly around
wondering if I’ve graduated, without a
diploma. To add to the confusion, last
Monday someone asked me if I was
faculty or staff.
ABBIE BEANE , 04.5
Associate Editor
The Middlebury Campus
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WAIT, WAIT-
YES.
-LET ME THINK...
NO, I WAS READY. I NEEDED IT.
— MEGAN HUTCHIN ’05
— MAGGIE RAY ’07
AS LONG AS WE GET A BREAK I’M
HAPPY.
- BENNETT KONESNI ’04.5
DOES FALL BREAK SEEM TOO EARLY THIS
YEAR?
No, ELL TAKE ALL
THE DAYS OFF I CAN
GET . . . NOW!
Maybe, we'll see
HOW I FEEL AFTER
THAT LONG STRECH
to Thanksgiving.
Yes, I'm not ready to leave the usual week¬
end party life for a getaway just yet.
Results based on 66 responses collected between Oct. 7 and Oct. 19 at www.middleburycampus.com
Next Week’s Poll Question: Who do you think will
WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
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opinions
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Judicial Board member cites misinformation
As a member of what has been unfairly
termed “Middlcbury’s quaint little arbitration
system,” I pride myself on both the job I do in
my capacity as Student Co-Chair of the Com¬
munity Judicial Board, and on the character of
the Middlcbury students who largely respect
and value the Honor Code here. I found Bryan
Goldberg’s opinion submission “College Falls
Short of Justice” in the Thursday, Oct. 7 issue of
The Middlebury Campus insulting, poorly re¬
searched and damaging for those students who
are unfamiliar with the merits of the Honor
System. Before proceeding, I will point out that
I did not sit on, and thus have no knowledge of
the case of Samantha Rivera ’07.1 will not com¬
ment on it, out of respect for her and for my
peers who sit on the Academic Judicial Board,
whose judgment I have no reason to question.
There are, however, a few points that must
be made in response to Goldberg’s fundamen¬
tally flawed statements about what he calls
Middlebury’s “fundamentally flawed system.”
It is true that the outcomes of judicial hearings
are rarely broadcast so that the entire com¬
munity can then sit in judgment of charges
made. However, the implicit assumption that
an accused student, whether found guilty or
not, would like to have their personal business
made public is simply wrong. Both Judicial
Boards operate under the policy that the ac¬
cused has the right to face his or her accuser,
and so, in academic dishonesty cases, profes¬
sors must be present at the hearings of charged
students. The idea that their accusations must
be made in front of the entire community for
the sake of “transparency” is insensitive to the
students whose cases are being heard. It also
paints a picture of the
evil professor plotting in
his office, devising ways
to frame, ruin and target
students in the hopes
of unfairly condemning
them behind closed doors
with no hope of redress.
Professors at Middlebury
College are simply not
of this breed — they
bring cases to the Judicial
Board rarely, many times
uncomfortably and sadly,
and never with the inten¬
tion of perverting justice through the guise of
confidentiality.
The charge is made in Goldberg’s piece
that “while students should have the right to
request a discreet trial, they should also be
given the choice of having a very public one.”
Withholding my concerns about the journal¬
istic quality of these and other statements, I
will simply quote the handbook, Section 15:
“All hearings are confidential, except that the
judicial body may, at the advance request of a
student charged and with the consent of the
person bringing the charge, open a hearing to
all members of the College Community.” This
wording cannot be clearer, and I assure you
that in cases involving charges against only one
student, that student has
the complete authority to
request an open hearing.
In those cases involving
sensitive personal in¬
formation pertaining to
more than one student,
for example in a sexual
harassment case, both
parties are given an equal
opportunity to request
a closed hearing. Those
cases involving disciplin¬
ary infractions that I have
heard during my time on
the board have covered a broad range of is¬
sues. Students bringing charges against their
peers for inappropriate and hurtful behavior
are rarely eager to share their sensitive stories
with the “Middlebury masses,” especially when
relating them during a confidential hearing is
difficult enough.
Goldberg declared that “Those students
who are inclined to sit on the judicial board and
potentially ruin the lives of their peers should
be willing to do so in the light of day — or else
they are unfit for the position.” I am insulted. I
pride myself, as does every student and faculty
member of each board, on treating all students
sitting before us with dignity, compassion and
respect. If the presence of our names on the
Honor Code Web page is not public enough,
I am not sure how else to make our roles on
the Judicial Boards known without violating
the privacy of accused students. Perhaps I am
wrong in assuming that the alternative to our
current system, which is a Board composed
entirely of faculty members and deans, would
not be preferred by most students. Regardless,
the ill-informed accusation of cowardice on
the part of the Judicial System and its mem¬
bers is unfounded and, more importantly,
represents a broad attempt to undermine the
trust that is the foundation of so many good
things at the College. I am proud of the hard
work and emotion that I invest in my work
on the Judicial Board, and so are my peers. I
thank those students who do take the Honor
Code seriously and humbly ask that you all do
so, and accept a system that is administered by
compassionate and hard working students and
faculty who respect all members of the Middle¬
bury Community.
CARRIE EVANS 05
A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR
FROM EPHRATA, PA.
I am proud of the
hard work and
emotion that I
invest in my work
on the Judicial
Board.
— Carrie Evans 05
Party controversy
deemed passe
Middlebury’s political correctness hit
a new low last week, as countless students
crashed parties in an effort that was equal parts
drama and thoughtlessness. This sad show was
made even more absurd by the simple fact that
we are on the verge of the most important
presidential election in over a century. Why are
people flexing their political muscles in order
to stop frisbee parties at a time when our na¬
tion is at a historic crossroads? The lunacy of it
boggles the mind, and it is the purpose of this
article to immediately undo the damage that
last week’s embarrassing reaction has caused.
To start, many in the Middlebury Asian
Students’ Organization (MASO) may have felt
offended by the Mills party theme of “Asia:
the continent,” but that fact alone does not
legitimize the over-reaction that has resulted.
What right does MASO have to act as if they
alone can celebrate or otherwise make refer¬
ence to the continent of Asia? They are not in
a position of moral authority such that they
can decide when it is and is not appropriate
to have an Asia-themed party. As a Japanese
studies minor, I am personally annoyed by the
outrageous notion that Caucasian students
must be extra-sensitive in dealing with the
broad topic of Asia.
Finally, it is important to discuss the fact
that MASO students were angered by the pres¬
ence of condoms at the party. The Middlebury
Campus editorial in the Thursday, Oct. 7 issue
explained that objectors interpreted the pro¬
phylactics as “a reference to prostitution.” This
radical interpretation by MASO members
should not reflect negatively on the intentions
of the party. While it is true that Asia is suf¬
fering from a prostitution crisis, the MASO
interpretation shines light only upon their
own insecurity — to suggest that a pile of con¬
doms was the Mill’s best representation of Asia
is frankly absurd. The fact that the newspaper
has sided with MASO in tarnishing the Mill’s
reputation is even more absurd.
The controversy over the frisbee party
is even more worrisome, because it exposes
the questionable motives that the protestors
exhibited. There were several articles written
about the incident, but all of them failed to
ask the key question: why didn't the protes¬
tors just talk to the frisbee team beforehand
and discuss the issue like mature adults? If
ever there were an approachable group of
people, the frisbee team is it. In hindsight, it
is clear that the frisbee team was more than
understanding, so why did this have to blow
up into protest? The proof is in the pudding
— the protestors wanted there to be drama,
conflict, and newspaper attention. They actu¬
ally preferred to put on a huge show, rather
than request a theme change. Had the theme
been discreetly changed well in advance of
the party, then there would have been no
headlines, no outrage, no call for greater
funding for diversity causes. The members of
Pan-African-Latino-Asian-Native-American
(PALANA) Center who put on this show have
received much praise, especially from Dean for
Institutional Diversity Roman Graf, when they
are also deserving of some censure. Protesting
is a welcome political tool, but it should not
be the first line of defense. Dialogue is the first
line of defense. Period.
Finally, all of this
coverage is upsetting
because it has helped to
take focus away from
the real issues that our
nation faces. Question¬
able cries of insensitiv¬
ity, while somewhat
important, are not
nearly as important
as topics like the war
in Iraq, the health¬
care crisis, tax policy,
job outsourcing, the
environment, glo¬
balization and about
three hundred other
issues that might be
decided on Nov.
2. Let us all put
these events be¬
hind us, clear
them from our
thoughts and
re-direct our
attention where
it really belongs
— the ballot.
BRYAN GOLDBERG '0
AN ECONOMICS MAJOR
FROM LOS ALTOS, CA.
Midd needs discourse
on racial issues
Racism is a word that is packed with
powerful imagery — white robes and hang¬
ings, swastikas and gas chambers, the most
recent developments in the Sudan and
yes,the brutal conquest of the land our very
institution rests upon. Thus, it stands to
reason that when an allegation of such grav¬
ity is directed towards a member or group
of our community, it spawns a certain level
of controversy and defensiveness among the
community at large.
Judging from my personal experience
with members of both the ultimate frisbee
team and the Mill, it seems that these are
not organizations that promote the idea of a
superior race based on determinant human
traits (to paraphrase the Merriam-Webster
defini-
t i o n
o f
rac¬
ism).
N o r
do I
believe
they
en¬
gaged
in any
sort of
activity
that was
prejudi¬
cial or
discrimi-
n a t o r y
— deny¬
ing some¬
one from
playing or
singling them out would be a different
story altogether. However, from a soci¬
etal standpoint, it seems that the com¬
munity at large has no problem deeming
the acts in question as inappropriate and
insensitive.
But are insensitivity, inappropriate¬
ness and ignorance different from racism? I
would argue that they are. Should the term
racism only pertain to acts of immense dis¬
criminatory cruelty? No, of course not.
This appears to be contradictory, so I
will explain myself.
What we have is a unique opportunity,
amidst the conflict that has arisen here on
campus, to engage in a serious discus¬
sion about what the term racism means and
what it means to be a racist in our society, or
in any for that matter, a discussion that does
not take place nearly enough.
Racism, on its most fundamental level,
would appear to be the recognition of ethnic
or religious origins as factors that divide hu¬
man beings. If we accept this definition, then
we are all racists to varying degrees, because
we have all recognized, at some point in our
lives, the distinguishing features of race.
By putting this definition forward, I do
not mean to degrade the terrible suffering
that has come at the hands of the most ter¬
rible people our world has ever known. But
I believe that detaching ourselves from the
term racism and casting it on others with
little regard for the consequences it may
have is a dangerous proposition.
In fact, labeling a person or a group rac¬
ist does not even have the intended effect of
penalizing a group for its ignorance, because
it conjures up so much negative imagery
that the group is forced to be defensive, as
we saw with the frisbee team and the Mill. It
did not work two weeks ago, and it has never
worked. These organizations do not want to
be associated with the kind of brutal imag¬
ery I previously described, nor do I believe
they deserve to be.
All of a sudden, a discussion that should
be quite serious and profound has been re¬
duced to the level of naivete resembling a
school-yard fight, with name-calling and de¬
fensiveness rampant, certainly not a desired
effect of either of the parties involved.
I do not mean to take sides on what hap¬
pened last week, or to criticize its aftermath.
In fact, I think it has brought an important
topic to light — one that isn’t discussed
nearly enough on this campus, and for that I
am thankful. However, let us go beyond the
triviality of labels and have a meaningful
discussion on the concept of racism that has
torn us apart so many times before.
We know how unique we are as a cam¬
pus, in our diversity, through figures and
institutions like Alexander Twilight and
the Language Schools. Let us use this as an
opportunity to raise the level of racial dis¬
course in our homes, in all of our diverse
communities and in our country. And let it
begin here.
ARI JOSEPH ’05
A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR
FROM BROOKLYN, NY.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
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FRESHMAN 15
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AREYOU
STALKING ME?
STRANGE BEHAVIOR
PREVALENT AMONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Will the Grille
become a new
social hub?
College administration
and student leaders lure
Midd-kids back to the
original student center
III By hyfoa GtJm _
i Features Editc^
When the Grille was built in 1998, It was intended to be an
on-campus pub that could host much bf Middlebury College’s
social activity. Its open, well-lit atmosphere attracted many
students more interested in studying than in listening to loud
music, however. Witlf||ie new library ajnd cafe now providing
ample space for studious pursuits, the Middlebury College Ac¬
tivities Board (MCAB) and the Grille Cojnmittee are looking to
turn down the lightsjand turn up the volume in the College’s
„ student center.
The Grille has held a liquor license sii|ce it opened and con¬
tinues to serve an evir-expanding variety of on-tap beers and
wines after 4:30 p.multhe Grille space wastconceived partly out
of a desire to keep students on campus andgdiminish the num¬
ber of off-campus parties. Until recently, however, the availabil¬
ity of alcohol for thbse of age has not been strongly advertised.
With the renewed effort to make the Grille a social hub,
MCAB has begujpiving out free drink coupons and coordinat¬
ing special “pu^ Rights” with bigger musical events. Free drink
perks not onlggindude alcoholic beverages, Head of Center
for Campus Activities and Leadership Doug Adams stressed.
Coupons anJplirst 100 drinks free” rules can be applied to any
beverage urigpr $3.50, including smoothies and lattes.
It has Men a long-standing misconception that the Grille
has a three drink maximum policy in place. While such a rule
was in elKt when the space was first opened, it was quickly
discarded in favor of “the bartender’s discretion,” as Adams ex-
plainediihudents are carded to confirm they are of age and will
sometipfes be asked to wear a bracelet indicating that the card¬
ing hJgpaken place. The easily identifiable bracelet prevents the
singljpartender from repeatedly IDing the same person. Adams
highl^hted the fact that the College offers students “break-even
pricJBon alcohol. This means that the College does not make
anypipfit from liquor sales and maintains prices that are com¬
parable to, or less than, the price of alcohol purchased in town.
McCullough used to house everything from Middleburry’s
switrreenter to a snack bar in the Crest Room to the dance party
venue that still remains. Subsequently, the Grille has proved as
versatile as the building that houses it. Adams remarked, “The
Grille is a wonderfully evolving space.”
The goal of the Grille committee, Working in conjunction
with the College’s administration, has always been to provide
a structure that is in continuous conversation with students’
needs and visions. This focus has evidenced itself in annual, and
at times even more frequent, surveys analyzing students’ reac¬
tions fo the Grille and the events that it hosts. The Grille Com-
mitteehas always had a strong vision, but as Adams pointed out,
“It’s about finding a balance point. We need to be sensitive to
how other students are using the space.”
This is exactly what MCAB President Meredith Kernan ’05
and MCAB Grille Chair Susanna Gorski ’05 have in mind. They
have been busy digging deep into on-campus and off-campus
talent to provide students with an enjoyable variety of music
coming from the Grille’s stage. Kernan has focused entertain¬
ment scheduling on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. She
explained that Thursday night “pub nights” are meant to help
“change the culture of the Grille a little bit.” She continued,
“There’s an effort to make people see that The Grille can be a
bar.”
Gorski mirrored this sentiment saying, “People forget that
the Grille is a great place to hang out — it’s a fun, cool place to
go.” MCAJB’s goal is to give students what they want from social
life on campus.
Kernan sees the Grille as “the perfect place if you want to
have a chill night with friends ” On a Thursday night, one group
of students met for a geography discussion, while several friends
slurped smoothies ami chatted in a booth. Stephen Jasikoff ’05
sat at a table, sipping a cold beer and listening to the live band
“Wood’s Tea Company.” He praised the music saying, “It’s great.
I like tHe folk atmosphere.” And of the beer selection he re¬
marked, “It covers a wide variety of tastes.”
MCAB and the College administration hope that the Grille
will be successful in meeting “a wide variety” of social tastes.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
Julia Randall
Bartender Eric Voss ’05 pours a beer on a weekday night at the Grille.
Susanna Gorski ’05
MCAB and the Col-
lege administration
hone that the Grille
wBl be successful in
meeting “a wide vari
ety” of social tastes.
People forget that the Grille
is a great pht|A|o hang out
place to go.
— Meredith Kernan ’05
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
features 13
Clifford Symposium unveils new library
By Viraj Assar
Staff Writer
Although the library opened its doors to the Col¬
lege community in mid-summer, the formal dedication
ceremony was scheduled nearly a month into fall term,
Oct. 8, to coincide with the inauguration of President
Ronald D. Liebowitz. The combination of the building’s
dedication and the conclusion of Middlebury’s transi¬
tion to a new presidential administration was exempli¬
fied by Dr. Vartan Gregorian, a librarian and former
college president, as well as one of the cermony’s key
note speakers. Beginning in 1981, Dr. Gregorian held the
presidencies of the New York Public Library followed by
Brown University. An eminent historian and author, he
is now President of the grant-making Carnegie Corpo¬
ration of New York.
The robed scholar addressed his audience at length,
recalling the origins of Western intellectual ism in an¬
cient Greece and the cuneiform tablets of Mesopotamia.
He noted Alexander’s founding of his Museum at Alex¬
andria in 300 BC, where Ptolemy later worked to collect
copies of all books in existence — all worldly knowledge
— for the sake of greater learning. Then, returning to
the present moment, Gregorian told the congregation,
“What you have done here today — miracle of miracles
— you have built a library of Alexandria.”
His speech reflected his long life of philosophy, in
the word’s literal sense. He quoted from a broad group
of writers and thinkers, including Emerson, Borges, Mil-
ton and Orwell, and praised the roles of libraries, books
and the learning they facilitate in the realms of society
and human existence itself.
“The library, in my opinion, is the only tolerant
historical institution,” he said. “For it’s a mirror of our
society — the record of mankind. It is an institution in
which the left and the right, the Devil and God, human
achievements, human endeavors and human failures all
are retained and classified, in order to teach mankind
what not to repeat and what to emulate.”
Prior to the ceremony, Fulton Professor of Ameri¬
can Literature and Civilization and Co-Faculty Head of
Atwater Commons ceremonial marshall Stephen Dona-
dio commented, “Everyone will tell you that this is an
important occasion, and there’s really no occasion more
important than the dedication of a new library.” Gre¬
gorian’s message echoed this sentiment tenfold. “Cem¬
eteries do not provide earthly immortality to men and
women. Libraries, and museums and universities do.
Even clergy cannot promise you immortality; they can
pray that God provide you immortality. But, librarians
can promise you immortality, and deliver it,” he said.
Other ceremonial speakers included President
Liebowitz, President Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr.
and Dean of Library and Information Services Bar¬
bara Doyle-Wilch. All voiced appreciation for the many
contributors to the College’s nearly ten-year effort to
develop, design and realize the new center for learning.
Chelsea Coffin
Vartan Gregorian praised the College’s new library during its dedication.
The newly dedicated library was the focus of the Clifford Symposium.
By Julia McKinnon
Staff Writer
Have you noticed that Middlebury’s new library is curved
and rotated to be directly on axis with Mead Chapel? Have
you detected that the marble on the new library’s south wall
matches Starr library’s marble, the stone on the front mirrors
Mead Chapel’s and the concrete is identical to Warner’s? It
is time to take notice of these subtleties, carefully crafted by
Charles Gwathmey and his team of architects.
Christian A. Johnson Professor of Architecture Glenn
Andres introduced Charles Gwathmey who spent Saturday
morning guiding students, faculty and residents through the
vision behind the College’s new library.
During the symposium, set up in the semi-circular
atrium of the new library, Gwathmey of Gwathmey, Siegel
8c Associates Architects walked the audience through his ca¬
reer. Gwathmey has spent his adult life constructing numer¬
ous large buildings, among them a number of libraries. He
showed slides detailing his plans for libraries at a Connecticut
boarding school, Harvard University, a New York City loca¬
tion, Ferris State College, the University of Ohio and in con¬
clusion, he displayed slides of Middlebury’s new library.
Gwathmey’s architectural challenge is to create new space
for long-established institutions. He has developed an eye for
merging old buildings styles with modern architecture. His
most applauded slide came from a project at the University of
Ohio where he designed the renovation of the school’s student
center. He completely altered an old, poorly lit brick building
with a cupola by opening up the entire rcof and turning it into
a skylight. The cupola, which one might say was a symbol of
the university history’s, remained on the building, suspended
above the skylight so that it looked as though it were floating.
This illusion proved a popular combination of old and new
— weathered brick and modern glass.
This is just one of Gwathmey’s many successes. The
College’s library, his latest project, has been a tribute to his
experience. “All these previous projects culminated here at
this Middlebury Library,” Gwathmey said.
Gwathmey was originally involved in a competition for a
renovation of Starr Library which then evolved into a restora¬
tion of the old Science Center and after eight designs of two
different sites, the team of architects arrived at today’s design.
Gwathmey calls his creation of limestone, marble and
concrete “pure modernist classicism.” He explained its reso¬
nance with the scale of other campus buildings, the precedents
and the “ethics of the place.” There were “infinite adjustments”
woven into the plan while building this structure to ensure its
use over the next 100 years.
The building maintains efficient standards in terms of
its sustainability and energy as well. Skylights provide ample
natural light during the day, areas have occupancy sensors for
lights and heat, the “green” wood comes from Vermont for¬
ests, local craftsmen made the chairs and desks from Vermont
maple and local stonemasons installed the marble and stone.
Gwathmey conveyed to his audience the care and preci-
Julia Randall s j on w ith which his team designed this building. “Over time,”
he said, “it will endure.”
Heathily dodging the freshman 15
By Erich Kahner
Staff Writer
The first year of college is hard
on many students, especially 7 when
it comes to their wallet — and their
waistline. The debt a student accrues,
though, is sometimes less worrisome
than the weight gain. The notorious
catch-phrase for this weight gain be¬
ing the “freshman 15”.
David Levitsky, Ph.D., a profes¬
sor of nutritional sciences and psy¬
chology at Cornell University, con¬
ducted a benchmark study on weight
gain in 2002. While many incoming
first-years contend that the freshman
fifteen is a myth, something that only
happens to other people, Levitsky
discovered otherwise.
“Significant weight gain during
the first semester of college is a real
phenomenon,” said Levistky. His
study tracked the girth progress of
60 first-years during their seminal
semesters at Cornell. On the average,
these students consumed 174 more
calories per day than they burned
off, which led to a half a pound gain
per week. This means that, at the end
of the inaugural academic year at
Middlebury, a student can expect to
gain, roughly, 15 pounds.
What causes first-year midsec¬
tions to balloon? Levitsky’s study
catalogs why the weight gain occurs
and how to avoid it. Unfortunately,
his advice is something students have
been hearing (and ignoring) since
the first keg was tapped.
The first tip? Eat healthy foods.
Eschew dessert in favor of fruit.
Complex carbohydrates reduce crav¬
ings and regulate energy levels better
than simple carbs. Substitute saturat¬
ed fats such as beef, pork and poultry,
for heart-healthy, unsaturated fats
like fish and nuts. The latter fats help
stave off hunger and allow for better
absorption of nutrients. Drink water
instead of soda or other sugar-laced
drinks, as water aids in digestion and,
though calorie-free, gives your brain
the impression that your stomach is
full. If you simply cannot kick the
hamburgers and ice-cream habit,
then you could always stop drinking,
or just drink less. (Cue scoffs and
then disdainful laughter.)
The average alcoholic bever¬
age contains 150 calories. That is
one beer, shot or glass of wine. The
typical woman needs to digest 1500
calories a day to maintain her weight,
while a man must eat approximately
2,200 a day. With the prevalence of
binge drinking on college campuses,
students often consume a day’s worth
of calories on a Saturday night. Con¬
sidering how The Grille is abuzz
until 2 a.m. every weekend night
with impaired brains and stomachs,
it would appear that many students,
males and females alike, are routinely
eating for two.
Chris Thompson ’05 is only one
of the students who have experienced
first-year weight gain. “I gained 22
pounds in the first year,” Thompson
said with a bashful smile. “I started
eating three meals a day, that’s what
did it. It wasn’t alcohol.”
Chris ended his first year at one
155 pounds. “I thought I was fat,”
he said, “but my relatives thought I
looked healthier.”
Thompson, a tennis player in
high school, gave up the sport when
he came to College. Many students
are forced to quit their varsity sports
when they matriculate. As a result,
they spend too much time exercis¬
ing their brains and too little time on
their bodies. This problem is easily
ameliorated. Studies show that only
30 to 40 minutes of cardiovascular
exercise, three to four days per week,
can keep weight off.
Sex is exercise too, though
it depends on what you do and
for how long. Researchers for
HealthCentral.com concluded that
an activity lasting 20 minutes or lon¬
ger that makes the exerciser “sweaty
or out of breath” constitutes a com¬
plete workout.
The danger of the freshman
15 number, a relatively harmless
weight gain, is its ability to become
a self-fulfilling prophecy. Students
may view the gain as inevitable and
do nothing to prevent it. They may
even embrace it. Witness the heap¬
ing plates and trays laden with multi¬
colored liquids in Proctor or Ross.
Students may also overcompensate
for the specter of the freshman 15
with calamitous under-eating or
compulsive exercise. An inadequate
intake of carbohydrates can limit
brain function and put undue stress
on the heart.
Although the freshman 15
seems like another daunting obsta¬
cle in a long list of collegiate incon¬
veniences, there is no reason to fret.
Conventional wisdom maintains
that the freshman 15, like any other
problem, is easily avoidable with
enough foresight and self-restraint.
The hackneyed saying — “Success
lies in moderation” — apparently
is the key to healthy living. Modera¬
tion allows for you to cut loose once
in a while. See you Saturday night.
14
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Library dedication celebrates learning
By Sonja Pedersen-Green
Staff Writer
On Friday, Oct. 8, Middlebury
College students, staff, faculty,
town members and alumni gath¬
ered to celebrate the opening of the
new library, as well as to dedicate
the statue “Garden of the Seasons.”
The dedication featured sev¬
eral speakers including President
Emeritus John McCardell, Jr. and
current President Ronald D. Li-
ebowitz. On behalf of the faculty,
Professor of Political Science and
Secretary of the College Eric Davis
also spoke.
The event was a celebration
of books, learning and technology,
with an emphasis placed on the
ability of the new facility to adapt
to any new forms of technology
human kind might produce.
The keynote speaker at the
event was Vartan Gregoria, who
also received an honorary doctor
of letters from Middlebury Col¬
lege. Gregoria is President of the
Carnegie Foundation of New York,
a supporter of the development
of a new library for Middlebury
College.
“The Garden of the Seasons,”
which lies adjacent to the new
library and was designed by Ver¬
mont sculptor Michael Singer, was
also dedicated. Singer was awarded
the commission for the library
garden following a competition in
2002-2003 that was sponsored by
the Committee on Art in Public
Places. According to the College
Web site, the garden will serve as
a “designated spot for study, con¬
templation and refreshment of
the senses” (See “New sculpture
reflects changing seasons,” pg 19).
The new library in conjunc¬
tion with the garden will serve to
provide Middlebury students with
ample places to study for the fore¬
seeable future.
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The new library had a captive audience over Homecoming weekend, with the library dedication, Project Bandaloop and President Liebowitz’s inaugu¬
ration all taking place on its grounds. Hundreds of members of the College community came to take part in or enjoy these historic events.
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Trustee meeting looks to future
By Benjamin Salkowe
Assistant News Editor
The fall meeting of the Mid¬
dlebury College Board of Trustees,
occurring Oct. 7-10 at the Bread
Loaf Campus, was largely devoted
to inaugural events and orienta¬
tion of new trustees. The Board
also met with the College’s many
constituencies, including students,
and discussed potential construc¬
tion projects.
According to Chairman of the
Board of Trustees Frederick M.
Fritz ’68, the weekend was event-
packed. “By Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
there were a lot of tired trustees,”
he said.
In terms of building projects,
Fritz named the Axinn Center the
Board’s “number one priority.”
Despite discussion by the board,
Proctor renovations were put on
hold.
The trustees also discussed
early thoughts on President
Liebowitz’s proposed emphasis on
the human component of Middle¬
bury College, which will become
part of a larger all-campus discus¬
sion in January.
Highlights of the Meetings:
— Five new trustees were wel¬
comed: Rep. William D. Delahunt
’63 and Linda Foster Whitton ’80
(alumni trustees), and Steven B.
Peterson ’88, Elisabeth B. Robert
’78 and Dr. Deborah G. Thomas
’75 (term trustees).
— The Axinn Center for the
Humanities was given approval
to move into design development
phase after a precise cost-estima¬
tion is completed. Planning com¬
mittee and architect meetings are
likely to resume next month.
— Brainerd-Wonnacott-Proc-
tor renovation plans, while well
received, were put on hold for six
months. This delay will allow for
the answering of internal program
questions by college personnel and
architects.
— Discussion of long-term plan¬
ning for the College’s next decade
was begun. The early discussion
will lead into the creation of a
committee in January, which will
consult with all constituencies in
constructing the goals and aspira¬
tions for the future of Middlebury
College and the Liebowitz presi¬
dency.
— Other issues: The board briefly
entertained and discussed “future
new residential dining halls” as
well as the possibility of closing
the campus up to allow for a more
pedestrian environment.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
inauguration
College cheers
inauguration of
Liebowitz
By Myra Palmero and Lisa Zaval
Staff Writers
On Oct. 10, several hundred
members of the Middlebury Col¬
lege community gathered outside
the recently dedicated library for the
presidential inauguration of Ronald
D. Liebowitz as Middlebury’s 16th
President.
The ceremony commenced with
a procession of professors, adminis¬
trators, staff and students dressed in
academic regalia, as well as 60 col¬
lege presidents and delegates from
colleges across the country.
Eric Davis, secretary of the Col¬
lege and professor of political sci¬
ence, welcomed the entire audience,
including a dozen speakers ranging
from Student Government Associa¬
tion President Andrew Jacobi ’05 to
the Williams College President Mor¬
ton Owen Schapiro.
Invoking a theme of past meet¬
ing present and future, Selectboard
Chair of the Town of Middlebury
John Tenny welcomed the new
president saying, “You are a man
we have already known well. We
have the strength of our heritage to
build on.”
Jacobi, the only student to
speak at the ceremony, took the
opportunity to note the unique re¬
lationship of students and adminis¬
tration at Middlebury. “Why should
[we] be surprised when important
administrators are willing to take
the time to listen to the opinion of
a student? At Middlebury College,
students are used to having input in
helping to realize shared goals, and
I am so happy to see that tradition
continuing under the leadership of
President Liebowitz,” he said.
He raised the example of one
student who successfully influenced
Dining Services’ menu by her desire
to see fresh salmon in the dining
halls.
When Morton Schapiro,
president of Williams College, later
introduced himself to the crowd,
he proclaimed that Williams was
“a school that has always had great
salmon.”
Schapiro jokingly warned Li¬
ebowitz, “Ron, these jobs aren’t easy.
I’m also a 16th president; it doesn’t
get any easier.”
In recognition of the College’s
intensive language program, the
nine directors of the language
schools — German, French, Span¬
ish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chi¬
nese, Arabic and Portuguese — each
congratulated the new President in
their native language.
Past and present literally came
together when the College’s three
presidents emeriti — James Arm¬
strong, Olin Robison, and John Mc-
Cardell — rose to welcome the new
President Liebowitz, and presented
him with a presidential medallion.
The medallion was commissioned
by President Emeritus John McCa-
rdell and his wife Bonnie to replace
an earlier medallion, which no lon¬
ger had room to list the college’s past
presidents.
To introduce President Liebow¬
itz, the College invited former Pro¬
fessor David M. Stameshkin, author
of a two-volume history of Middle¬
bury College, to speak on the his¬
torical context of the inauguration.
Stameshkin spoke on what he called
Middlebury’s three most defining
characteristics: being an indepen¬
dent college, a coeducational college
and an institution recognized for
excellence in language study and
instruction. In jest to Schapiro, he
noted that, “salmon or not,” Middle¬
bury admitted women well before
Williams College.
Stameshkin also jovially wove
his Hebrew background into his
speech, proclaiming “B’reishit — in
the beginning,” to describe the be¬
ginning of the school’s history, and
poignantly ending his speech with
“B’reishit,” to mark the beginning of
President Liebowitz’s term as well.
After receiving the symbolic
cane of Gamaliel Painter, President
Liebowitz addressed the audience,
speaking about the College’s future
of continuing academic excellence.
Similar to McCardell, whose speech¬
es always reflected a passion for his¬
torical study, President Liebowitz’s
speech revealed his academic back¬
ground in political geography. He
focused on the significance of the
Middlebury “place,” the “human
and physical” characteristics that
influenced the region’s “cultural
development.”
Liebowitz prefaced his speech
by noting Lilian Stroebes, the Ger¬
man professor who first decided to
begin Middlebury’s intensive sum¬
mer language institute in Vermont
because of its appropriate isolation
and geographical beauty. He con¬
tinued by describing the College’s
goals of both preserving and further
promoting Middlebury’s acclaimed
academic environment in the future.
With Middlebury progressing into a
more diverse and stronger College,
Liebowitz said, “By developing a cul¬
ture in which a particular achieve¬
ment is viewed across the College as
an institutional achievement, where
one department’s success is viewed
with pride by other departments, we
will ensure that this College contin¬
ues to foster and encourage the Lil¬
ian Stroebes of the future.”
Liebowitz also thanked the
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Rick Fritz ’68, Governor Douglas,
the presidents emeriti, Presidential
Search Committee, the College, and
his wife, Jessica, for supporting his
presidency.
In addition to performances
by the Chamber Singers at mid-cer¬
emony, the sporadic interruption of
chapel and town bells that fill Sun¬
day mornings, created unexpected
background music for the cer¬
emony. Michael Collier, Director of
the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
remarked, “It’s Frost being playful.”
The program ended with a
flourish of an academic recessional
to the music of Professor Emeritus
Emory Fanning playing the organ.
Following the Ceremony, masses of
hungry students who had missed
the Inaugural Day’s 11a.m. campus¬
wide dining hall curfew joined in
the enormous white tent in front of
Voter for — of all things — salmon.
Ben Salkowe contributed reporting
for this article.
TOP: Andrew Jacobi ’05, president of the Student Government Association, gave a speech welcoming Ronald D.
Liebowitz as the 16th president of Middlebury College.
MIDDLE: The Middlebury College Choir, conducted by Jeffrey Rehbach, provided musical interludes during the
ceremony as students watch the proceedings from Bittner Terrace.
BOTTOM: Families joined in to celebrate Liebowitz’s inauguration. Despite the chilly morning temperature, all
in attendence seemed to enjoy the ceremony. Congratulations President Liebowitz!
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
BY MATT KUNZWEILER
I know people justify their
quirky cell phone rings with the
argument, “Oh, all cell phones
sound the same, I just want some¬
thing different so I know when my
phone is ringing.” Perhaps. But
when your phone goes off in class,
not only does everyone learn that
you are uncouth and inconsiderate
enough to interrupt a lecture with
a top-volume, high-pitch chime
— they also learn that your favorite j
song is the theme to Lambada (the
forbidden dance). And this is far too
much information.
No one wants to know about
your musical tastes. If they did,
they’d ask. But when your phone
starts ringing, chances are, no one
is excited to find out you like Rush.
They didn’t want to know this. And I
now they do.
By choosing an obnoxious
ringtone, you volunteer for the role
of impromptu DJ. Whenever some¬
one calls you, you are in charge of
surprising all the strangers around
you with a lucky jingle to lift their
spirits. Given the wide variety of
musical tastes, moods, age groups
and political views of the American
population, this is an impossible
task. Your mission to entertain the
masses is doomed to fail.
I’d also like to dispel the
myth that choosing a lousy song is
somehow cute or clever. David Has-
selhoff, Abba and Vanilla Ice might
be amusing for the first three notes,
but everything after that point is
downright painful. And then there’s
the Ode to Joy ring, which makes
every Christian within an earshot
feel guilty if they missed church on
Sunday.
There are other gruesome
side effects. As everyone within a
twenty yard radius suffers through
15 seconds of Daft Punk (covered
by the same crack squad of musi¬
cal geniuses that brought you the
Mario Brothers theme), “One More
Time” suddenly becomes a ridicu¬
lous soundtrack for watching you
frantically search your backpack for
the cell phone. For any bystander,
it all becomes a depressing Benny
Hill skit.
There’s an excellent chance that
I’m overreacting, but when a ring-
tone goes off, I feel like someone is
grabbing me by the ears and forcing
me to stare at their novelty T-shirt
for an embarrassingly long stretch
of time. A ringtone is a tacky self-
declaration that no one can escape
until the phone is either answered
or destroyed. In most cases, I can
simply look away from a novelty T-
shirt and its insipid catchphrase, but
with a ringtone, no matter where
you turn, the torture continues.
I’ve gone as far as plugging my
ears when an atrocious ring begins.
This offends people. It’s a gesture
comparable to coughing exag¬
geratedly when standing next to a
smoker in a box office line. I would
never do that — I can at least see
the logic behind smoking. However,
when I hear a Gypsy Kings ringtone,
I do feel justified in plugging my
ears and wincing like I just hit my
funny bone (a similarly awkward
pain). Sometimes I also stagger and
wheeze.
By SadasAysegul
Staff Writer
Students embrace communi
kids
If ever you run into a 12-year-
old in Ross dining hall on a Mon¬
day evening, wearing a “New Eng¬
land Wrestling” T-shirt, chances
are that you have come across
Buck Mitchell, an 8th grader at the
Middlebury elementary school.
Buck loves the pizza in Ross and
comes to eat on Mondays when
he is hanging out with his friend
Chris Ahern ’05.
After dinner, Buck and Chris
sit down for some ice-cream and
start talking about their favorite
things to do together. This par¬
ticular evening, Chris and Buck
have returned from Texas Falls
where they were playing baseball.
Buck declares that he is a Yankees
fan and he and Chris both love the
game. Buck also mentions sled¬
ding on trays and rock climbing
as other things he likes to do with
Chris. Chris then adds that he met
Buck when they were skydiving.
Buck continues, fully retaining a
serious facial expression, “Yeah,
and we didn’t even have para¬
chutes.” Their eyes meet and they
burst out laughing.
The truth of the matter is
that Chris and Buck met through
the Community Friends program
two years ago. Actually, they were
not jumping off a plane, but Buck
does remember that they played
pool at the Grille and lost to the
Community
Friends claim to
enjoy spending
time outside the
“College Sphere.”
Courtesy
Kea Anstey ’05 and Christopher, a pair of Community Friends, enjoy each other’s company every week.
kid they were playing against.
They greatly enjoyed each other’s
company and continued to meet
up after Chris returned from his
year abroad.
The Community Friends of
Addison County is a volunteer
program that matches student
mentors with children aged six to
12, in Addison County. Mentors
make a one-year commitment to
meet up with “their kids” for at
least two hours a week doing an
activity that they mutually enjoy.
There are also monthly events
— swimming, pizza parties and
sledding are examples — in which
participation is optional. Students
are free to use campus facilities
with their new friends, such as
the natatorium, dining halls and
College vehicles. Most parents are
willing to drive their children to
campus, if the student mentor does
not have a car or wants to meet his
or her friend on campus.
Some of the children join the
program because they are having
difficulties in school or with their
families. Others want to explore
Middlebury and have a friend
from the College. There are cur¬
rently around 85 Middlebury stu¬
dents enrolled in the Community
Friends program with a majority
of girl pairs, as the matching is
mostly same gender. There are
more boys than girls who are wait¬
listed at the moment, awaiting
student volunteers.
Students interested in apply¬
ing for the Community Friends
Program can ask for an application
in the Alliance for Civic Engage¬
ment Office in McCullough. The
application process is straightfor¬
ward, consisting of a brief appli¬
cation form and two references.
Students are then matched with a
child in accordance with their hob¬
bies and start the program within
a few weeks of the application
process.
Students participating in the
Community Friends program
express that they enjoy spending
time outside the “College sphere,”
with someone from a different age
group and background. Indeed,
life on campus may tend to get
rather monotonous and just a bit
artificial when restrained to Col¬
lege students. Buck arm-wrestling
Chris in the center of Ross Dining
Hall is certainly a pleasant change
of scene for all students.
Break leads to breakdowns
Fall break leaves students more stressed out
— A weekly rant by Aglaya Glebova and Lisie Mehlman
Fall Break came and went,
but we can’t move on. Once again
overwhelmed by 8 a.m. classes,
midterms and study sessions, we
cannot help but peek out from un¬
derneath the piles of unread books
our desks have amassed over half a
week and let out a barely audible,
but nonetheless expressive sigh. It
seems as though Fall Break, despite
being a briefly gratifying experi¬
ence, has left us all more stressed
and deluged with work.
For those of us who chose the
unadventurous route of remaining
on campus, Sunday morning was
spent battling four-days worth of
hangover, along with, of course, the
slightly hazy, but still (how shall we
put this?) interesting memories of
the time well-spent. The inordinate
amounts of work that professors
have a propensity to assign over
what the College deems “breaks”
weighed heavily on our hearts and
minds. The papers, the readings
and the take-home exams were
not conducive to a relaxing vaca¬
tion. Thinking about them made us
reach over for an extra beer, which,
in turn, made completing these
tasks that much more difficult. Fall
Break became a vicious cycle of fun
late-night gatherings and afternoon
self-induced guilt trips. It’s easier
than you’d think to avoid the, um,
exciting academic endeavors for
days on end.
For the homebound Middkid,
Fall Break was a rather peculiar
experience. Visiting the folks was
appreciate the special treats - wax¬
ing, manicures, Sports Illustrated
subscriptions carefully collected
by your mom, drinking with your
high-school buddies — it’s just
that all that travel time, putting
up with the ’rents’ nagging and the
wonderful at first, but that cozy,
home-made-meals-inspired feeling
wore off quite quickly. It’s amazing
how the house that once seemed
large and almost palatial, sud¬
denly felt smaller than your single
in Coffrin. It’s not that you didn’t
conspicuous absence of your friends
really took a heavy toll. Some of us
were ready to head back to Midd
promptly upon arriving home.
If you decided to encapsulate
the college-kid spirit and embarked
on a four-day rampage in some
random East Coast or Canadian
metropolis, we still bet you didn’t
feel all that pumped at the end of it.
To begin with, it couldn’t have been
a four-day scandalous escapade.
Driving and flying are tiring and
time-consuming and finding your
hotel or friend’s place in an unfa¬
miliar city is a hellish task that takes
away precious moments from your
already too-short vacation. After
finally finding your accommoda¬
tions and relaxing a bit, you decided
to celebrate in a collegiate manner,
and either shopped or went out
until you maxed your credit card.
But city living yields not only a fi¬
nancial, but also an emotional price.
You may have been tempted to seek
counseling after waking up to the
astonishing quietness and the ubiq¬
uitous cows that define Vermont
after hustling down Fifth Avenue.
To wrap this up, we love Fall
Break, but are tired as hell. In this of¬
ficial plea to administrators, we ask
not to take us seriously, but keep the
extra vacation on the schedule. Lisie
still hasn’t unpacked and Aglaya
needs to start working away at that
pile of papers which have accrued
on her floor. Hope you had a good
break Oh yeah, did we mention we
can’t wait for Thanksgiving?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
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Stalking: not just a colloquial collegiate term
Relationships gone wrong lead to invasive behavior on college campuses
One out of five students
surveyed at Middlebury ex¬
perienced intrusive contact.
By Cara Lovell
Staff Writer
“Hey, are you stalking me or what?”
This is a question often heard in Proctor,
but it is usually asked because two buddies
have run into each other on campus for the
fourth time that day. Yet, serious stalking
after the end of a romantic relationship is
no joke for 20 percent of college students,
according to a recent Cornell study, which
surveyed 700 undergraduates at Cornell
University and the University of Virginia.
A Middlebury
survey of 118
students con¬
firmed these
numbers.
Director
of the Center
for Counseling and Human Relations Gary
Margolis, defined stalking as pursuing an¬
other person with intentions to “intimidate,
control and threaten.” It often includes un¬
welcome phone calls, emails or visits. Stalk¬
ing can instill fear of physical harm. Twenty
percent of those in the Cornell study who
said they had been stalked also said they
feared physical harm, as did 37.5 percent
of the victims of stalking in the Middlebury
poll. A few even mentioned a need for blue
emergency warning lights on Campus. “If
someone has received that level of threat,
it would be important that that statement
is received compassionately and taken seri¬
ously,” said Margolis.
One out of five students surveyed, both
at Cornell and Middlebury, experienced
intrusive contact, and some even feared for
their safety. “That reality also is terrifying,
and because it is terrifying I think there is
sometimes a tendency to keep it at arm’s
length, or to not quite take it seriously,” said
Margolis. But it’s serious to those who have
experienced it. Margolis claimed, “When
students have come to talk about it, clearly
they are experiencing a lot of fear and pain
and anger.”
Stalking lasted for an average of “many
months” in the Middlebury survey and an
average of two months in the Cornell sur¬
veys. This has affected subsequent romantic
relationships for 40 percent of the stalking
targets in the
Cornell survey.
Factors includ¬
ing physical
attractiveness,
academic per¬
formance, the
number or quality of friendships, income,
religious involvement and parenting style
were not found to relate to one’s probability
of stalking another partner. In addition,
males and females were equally likely to
initiate intrusive contact.
Students who have experienced stalk¬
ing should tell someone they trust about it,
Margolis said, suggesting Commons Resi¬
dential Advisors (CRA), commons deans,
the Counseling and Human Relations
Center, Public Safety or the Middlebury
Police Department as valuable resources.
Students have come to him in the past with
concerns about stalking, he said, and they
do not have to make a formal report to talk
with counselors.
While Jeffrey Haugaard, director of the
Cornell study, dispelled the myth that intru¬
sive contact will always stop if ignored, he
acknowledged that it may be difficult to de¬
cide what kind of contact is intrusive. Threats
and violence are clear signs of unreasonable be¬
havior, he stated. He suggested setting clear and
reasonable limits for contact, communicating
those limits to the former partner and then fol¬
lowing them consistently. For personal safety,
he recommended staying near other people,
varying schedules, screening phone calls and
By Daniel Houghton
keeping a journal record of contact.
Stalking is a sign of “great disrespect” in
a relationship, Margolis stated. He explained
that threatening behavior may stem from low
self-esteem, and even prior abandonment
traumas left unresolved. Stalking may be a
way for the intruder to “control the pain,” he
concluded.
VSO’s Weekend Worksites
lend a hand in Middlebury
By Emily Powell
Staff Writer
Today’s Middlebury students
pack their schedules tightly with
class, work and clubs, not to men¬
tion the vital experiencing of col¬
lege life. Thus, when it comes to
volunteering, the thought of yet
another drain on carefully parceled
time often works as a deterrent.
Weekend Worksites help busy stu¬
dents fit volunteer opportunities
into their lives, whether to further
garnish that impressive resume or
simply for the joy of giving of one¬
self to the community.
Weekend Worksites are vol¬
unteer activities organized by the
campus Volunteer Services Orga¬
nization (VSO). The program en¬
courages students to devote week¬
ends out of their busy schedules to
performing services in the town of
Middlebury.
VSO Campus Co-chair Janet
Fung explains, “The goal of Week¬
end Worksites is for students to get
off campus and do something for
the greater Middlebury commu¬
nity.” The positive side of Week¬
end Worksites, according to Fung,
is a reduced pressure to commit,
because the majority of events
happen only once.
The Weekend Worksites
program works two ways. VSO
searches out and organizes volun¬
teer projects within the commu¬
nity, a hunt headed by the Com¬
munity Co-chair Erica Goodman.
At the same time, the Middlebury
community can submit volunteer
requests through the Alliance for
Civic Engagement Office. Activi¬
ties are announced through mail¬
ing lists and weekly VSO meetings
held on Monday evenings at 6:30
pm in the Mitchell Green Lounge.
Each year, Weekend Worksites
organizes several larger commu¬
nity events. One such project is the
Community Breakfast, where vol¬
unteers prepare breakfast for the
elderly at the Middlebury United
Methodist Church, with perfor¬
mances by the various a cappella
groups.
Students participate annually
in Hunger Cleanup by volunteer¬
ing both in town and at the college
after raising sponsorship money
for beneficial use toward hunger-
related issues. Student volunteers
also help with a yearly food drive
to support the Addison County
Community Action Groupo (AC-
CAG.)
Additionally, the program
sends out students to volunteer in
more intimate settings — babysit¬
ting at events for parents in the
elementary school, walking dogs
at the pet shelter, maintaining the
Trail Around Middlebury (TAM).
There is also an array of commu¬
nity organizations for volunteers
to choose from, including Head
Start, Spirit in Nature, Helen
Porter Healthcare and Rehabilita¬
tion Center and Otter Creek Child
Center.
Weekend Worksites boasts
thirty-seven members who actively
participated in the program last
year. The mailing list is comprised
of over 100 students, fifteen of
whom attend the weekly meetings.
Although Weekend Worksites
places emphasis on the minimized
time requirement from its volun¬
teers Fung pointed out that, “If
students’ become interested in a
specific type of weekend worksite,
VSO tries to establish a group of
students that participate weekly.”
Thus, Weekend Worksites success¬
fully achieves its goal of working
to coordinate volunteer availability
with in need the Middlebury com¬
munity.
The goal of Weekend Worksites is
for students to get off campus and
do something for the greater Mid¬
dlebury Community.
— Janet Fung, VSO Campus Co-chair
What’s hot and what’s not on campus and in
pop culture? The Campus gives its weekly report.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Bandaloop delivers off the wall show
Unique troupe
takes dance to
higher level
By Susan Goehring
Staff Writer
Despite high winds, crowds of
children, faculty, alumni and students
migrated to Middlebury College’s
new library on October 9, 10 and 11
to witness Project Bandaloop’s dance
performance, “Stories of Gravity
and Transformation.” During this
year’s Homecoming/Inauguration
weekend, the dance group enacted
a total of five shows honoring the
dedication of the new library.
Prior to the show, audience
members chatted amongst friends,
sitting in lawn chairs or setting
up their video cameras. A lively
soundtrack, provided by the group,
colored the autumn air as students
clumped in groups and children
chased each other amidst grown-up
legs. An air of eager anticipation
spread through the crowd as numer¬
ous climbing ropes fell from the top
of the building and swirled in the
blowing wind.
From the very first glimpse of
the red outfits atop the youngest
building on campus, to the send-
off message of the grand finale (a
vibrant cheer of “V-O-T-E”) the
show proved to be innovative, at¬
tractive and visually soothing. The
seven-person company danced six
sets, each complete with a varying
combination of dancers and unique,
textured soundtrack. An original
score written by Zachary Carrettin
and Raymond Granlund, in addition
to various songs by the French band,
Gotan Project, created a soundtrack
of new ag^ and R&B that affixed a
modern and raw ambience to the
dance movements.
Each dancer was harnessed to a
line, cascading up and down the rear
facade of the library, adding dance
movements with gentle thrusts in an
outward, horizontal motion. As their
bare feet pushed off from the white
marble towards the audience, the
dancers seemed to be moving un¬
derwater, in a slower-than-normal
tempo. Their soft, minimalist move¬
ments were somewhat tranquilizing
in conjunction with the ethereal
music in the background. “I watch
and can’t help but sway with them,”
remarked Stephanie Dosch ’05, who
attended Saturday’s second show.
Whether posing statically against
the wall, spinning upside down or
dancing a tango-like movement with
another dancer, Project Bandaloop’s
performers created a show that awed
each and every upturned face present
on the blustery afternoon.
In their mission statement, Proj¬
ect Bandaloop declares their desire to
celebrate “nature, community and
the human spirit through dance.”
Founder and Director of the per¬
formances Amelia Rudolph strives
to enact “ a blend of dance, sport,
ritual and environmental awareness”
in each of her pieces. The simplistic,
contemporary style of dance success¬
fully acts as a unifying agent for these
qualities.
Since Project Bandaloop’s
founding in 1996, the company has
performed at a number of magnifi¬
cent sites. They have merged their
art with monumental natural locales
such as the Sierra Nevada mountain
range and Yosemite National Park.
Although the rounded rear facade
of the College’s new library may not
take the cake for their most exotic
performance venue, the amalgama¬
tion of sport, art and nature certainly
was powerfully portrayed and en-
joyably embraced by the audience
members.
When questioned about the
gusty wind’s effect on the perfor¬
mance and the dancers themselves,
troop member Rachael Lincoln
explained that it was merely a “small
factor.” Lincoln elaborated that the
adjustment was an increased aware¬
ness in the timing of their moves.
Project Bandaloop performed a total of five times
the weekend of President Liebowitz’s inaugura¬
tion and the New Library’s dedication. They will
be appearing on the “Late Show with David Let-
terman” on Nov. 9.
Sixiao Huo
Brother & sister duo unite violin and piano
By Zoey Burrows
Staff Writer
To add to the splendor of the
President’s Inauguration weekend,
violinist Kirill Troussov and his
sister, pianist Alexandra Troussov,
wowed an audience in the Center
for the Arts Concert Hall Saturday,
Oct. 9.
The concert lasted only an hour
and was the more powerful for it.
It commenced with romantic com¬
posers Brahms’ and Prokofiev’s mel¬
ancholic yet very substantive music
and then slipped back in time with
Nicolo Paganini’s Caprice No. 24.
Of particular interest was the
last piece played “Love’s Sorrow,”
composed by Fritz Kreisler. Upon
the President Liebowitz’s request, it
was added to the program because it
had been played on his and his wife
Jessica’s wedding day. A piece famil¬
iar to many, its sweet melody evoked
emotions of deep sobriety, but also
of growth and beauty.
The duo also played Katcha-
turian’s “Saber Dance,” a catchy
encore piece that immeadiately
calls to mind the fast-paced action
of a sword fight. It was replete with
virtuosic pizzicato from both right
and left hands and an odd motion
of the violin bow that produced
a sound somewhat like that 'of a
woodpecker.
In an interview with the Trous¬
sov siblings the day prior to the con¬
cert, The Middlebury Campus asked
them about life as young musical
virtuosos and siblings.
Russian-born but having lived
most of their lives in Germany,
Kirill and his older sister Alexandra
have toured in Europe extensively
and are now beginning to tour
the United States after the recent
release of their first EMI recording
of Brahms and Beethoven sonatas
with Columbia Artists in New York.
While Kirill said that this tour was
only his second time to the States,
Alexandra boasted that it was her
fourth time.
Born into a musical family, the
brother/sister duo began playing
their respective instruments at ages
four and five. They realized that
music was going to be a big part of
their lives when they began attend¬
ing a specialist school, the Rimsky
Korsakov Conservatory in St. Pe¬
tersburg, Russia.
When asked how it is different
playing with each other as opposed
to with strangers, Alexandra ex¬
plained, “Since we’re from the same
blood, we’ve grown into it.” Kirill
added, “Alexandra knows what I’m
going to do and I know what she’s
going to do.”
Although they agreed that all
audiences tend to be appreciative,
Kirill noted, “The American public
is very open and warm, following
each phrase.” They laughed, remi¬
niscing that in Europe they are often
asked, “Whose audience is better,
Austria’s or France’s?”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
New sculpture reflects changing seasons
Robert Mohr
Vermont sculptor Michael Singer addresses a crowd of art lovers at the dedication of his “Garden of the Seasons.”
By Edward Pickering_
Arts Editor
Vermont sculptor Michael Singer’s “Garden of the Sea¬
sons,” located adjacent the new library, was dedicated on site
Friday, Oct. 8. The afternoon dedication marked the final
event in the day-long dedication of the new library.
A sculptural work that incorporates running water and
native Vermont plants, Singer’s work responds to the chang¬
ing of the seasons. The piece’s focus is a vertical metal screen,
6x14 feet, which will serve in the warmer months as a trellis
for indigenous Vermont plants. In the winter dripping water
will create a sheet of ice. Behind the trellis, a semicircular
stone bench fronts the Green Mountains and a submerged
metal basin awaits the plantings that will fill it. The ensemble
is bordered by a rock-studded stream bed that articulates
an arc against the side of the new library. The area enclosed
within the arc will be planted with grasses and wildflowers.
Singer was chosen from among a number of artists in a
competition held by the Committee on Art in Public Places
(CAPP), a body formed almost 10 years ago to oversee the
decoration of every new building on campus with artwork
equaling one percent of the cost of the building itself. Mem¬
ber of the Board of Trustees Robert Graham ’63, who spoke
after College President Ronald Liebowitz, called the decision
to create CAPP “momentous” Richard Saunders, chair of
CAPP and the third speaker, noted that fewer than 10 col¬
leges and universities nationwide have such a policy. CAPP,
he continued, was unanimous in its support of Singer.
Liebowitz opened the dedication by posing the ques¬
tion, “What strategic purpose do visual arts provide our
undergraduates?” He then declared that “support for arts has
wavered nationwide.” He answered his own question, and
reemphasized the College’s commitment to the visual arts,
by referring to the piece itself, which “encourages students
to be inquisitive, thoughtful and reflective.” The piece does
not lend itself to immediate comprehension, but demands
extended study. In this sense, Liebowitz concluded, the sculp¬
ture serves as a metaphor for a Middlebury education — one
in which learning is continuous. Graham echoed Liebowitz’s
words, saying of the piece, “Its creation is consistent with the
belief that education extends beyond the classroom.”
Singer, the last to speak, kept his comments brief. He
thanked those who helped him and asserted that the dedica¬
tion was a celebration of both “culture and nature.” Singer,
a graduate of Cornell University and recipient of fellow¬
ships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts, was awarded the commission for
the sculpture in 2003-2003. In 1996 he received the Vermont
State Governor’s Award for the Arts from then Governor
Howard Dean.
Pianist revisits Holocaust
By Hans Manzke
Staff Writer
An audience of just over 20 had the pleasure of expe¬
riencing the music of four little-known Czech composers
as interpreted by pianist Paul Orgel Tuesday, Oct. 12. All
imprisoned in the concentration camp Terezin during the
Second World War, Pavel Haas, Karel Berman, Gideon Klein
and Viktor Ullmann participated in Terezin’s musical scene.
Inmates were allowed to pursue both composition and per¬
formance.
While Terezin was not a death
camp, the brutality of the concentra¬
tion camp cannot be overlooked. One-
third of the 100,000 inmates who ar¬
rived at Terezin died within the camp’s
walls, a testament to the widespread
and systematic cruelty employed by the
Nazis, and the deplorable conditions
of the the camp. Orgel’s performance
served as a mirror through which these
four inmate/composers channeled
their inner strife, fear, despair and hope for an end to their
suffering. Their music simultaneously looks back to their
lives before their ordeal and forward to their future lives.
Orgel’s performance involved both short lectures and
actual playing. While the music spoke for itself, Orgel’s
explanations were ellucidating. His ability to express both
himself and the feeling within the music was impressive.
Quoting Kafka as an insight into these composers’ creations,
he stated, “No one sings as sweetly as those in the deepest
Hell.” He began with Haas’ “Suite for Piano,” a work that
presents a musical interpretation of a glimpse into Hell.
Rife with dissident chords, brief staccato notes and bale¬
ful, slow phrases, the music was heightened by Orgal’s
emotional handling of the instrument. The result was an
effective conveyance of a heavy, foreboding mood. Chords
and chaos dominate the piece — one without a defined or
distinct “voice.” Perhaps Haas’ unifying theme lies in the
mock sprightliness with which he delivers his piece, mask¬
ing a buried sense of tragedy. The music often runs, but it
is the running of a man desperately fleeing, not one hoping
to attain.
Berman’s “Reminiscences”— a musical autobiography
of the composer’s life — followed. Invaluable both musi¬
cally and historically, it chronicles what
he believed to be the stages of his life,
an intensely personal and rare look
into an inmate’s experience during the
years of Nazi dominance. Beginning
with “Youth,” Orgel moved onto “Fam¬
ily-Home.” The pieces that followed
— “March 15, 1939-Occupation,” “Fac-
tory-Germany,” “Auschwitz-Corpse
Factory,” “Typhus in the Kauffering
Concentration Camp” and “Alone”
— offered a free-ranging picture of
inhumanity. Orgel allowed the music to take center stage,
interpreting the work with a true sense of pathos.
Berman finished the suite with “New Life,” a musical
portrait of a man searching for meaning and purpose. The
end result allows the audience to conclude that while the
physical trauma may have healed, his experience in concen¬
tration camps changed his life forever.
As Orgel explained in his lecture, Terezin nurtured mu¬
sical form, but eradicated matter. The program incorporated
a wide range of musical presentation and emotion, ranging
from a buoyant sense of optimism and nostalgia to a foggy,
atonal representation of terror and hopelessness. Orgel ac¬
complished an exceedingly difficult task — interpreting and
presenting music that contains a very specific purpose.
Orgel’s ability to
express both himself
and the feeling
within the music
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BLOWIN’ INDIE WIND
BY RICHARD LAWLESS, ARTS EDITOR
THE ARTIST | BRIAN WII.SON
THE ALBUM | SMILE
RELEASE DATE | SEPT. 28,2004
No album in music history has been more anticipated,
garnered more speculation and remained more enigmatic
than Brian Wilson’s “Smile.” Finally completed and released
on Nonesuch records this fall, “Smile” lays to rest 37 years of
rumors and brings the legend to life. Ten, five or even three
years ago, anyone would have told you that the possibility of
“Smile” being completed was wishful thinking at best, given
Brian Wilson’s wavering mental state and generally vapid solo
career.
What is “Smile,” you ask? I’m sure you’re familiar with
Beach Boy mastermind Brian Wilson. The story of this
album dates back to 1966, as Wilson began crafting the fol¬
low-up to the Beach Boys’ masterpiece “Pet Sounds.” The
Beach Boys — or Wilson more specifically — were part of
an intense rivalry with The Beatles during these years. “Pet
Sounds” was Wilson’s answer to “Revolver,” and “Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band” was The Beatles’ response to
“Pet Sounds.” Wilson slaved over “Smile” for months, hiring
avant-garde lyricist Van Dyke Parks and alienating many of
his bandmates with his drug-induced weirdness. Expecta¬
tions soared, as “Smile” was rumored to be as large a leap
from “Pet Sounds” as that album was from “The Beach Boys
Today!” — which is to say, massive. But Wilson was crushed
when he heard “Sgt. Peppers,” and quickly resigned himself
to the fact that the album could not be topped. This resigna¬
tion, as well as an escalating amount of drug use and the
sheer ambition of “Smile,” resulted in a colossal nervous
breakdown for Wilson. The album was shelved and the Beach
Boys scrambled to record another less ambitious album with
Wilson in such a fragile state, beginning a steady decline into
obscurity and mediocrity punctuated by best-selling com¬
pilations. Certain finished songs from the “Smile” sessions
made it onto late 60s/early 70s Beach Boys albums, most
notably “Good Vibrations.” But only bootlegs and fragments
of the remaining tracks existed, and Wilson never strung
these fragments together, leaving many only to wonder what
could have been.
For years, “Smile” lay on the shelves while the rumors
abounded. Many claimed that it would top anything the
Beatles ever recorded. Music purists traded “Smile” bootlegs
for years, and Capitol Records even released a haphazard
version of the album as part of the extensive “Good Vibra¬
tions” box set in the 90s. Then came the announcemer t
that Wilson would release “Smile” late in 2004. The catch?
Rather than use the original tapes, Wilson planned to re¬
record the album with his current backing band (i.e. not
the Beach Boys). At first, this was a disheartening piece of
information, given Wilson’s worn voice and dull solo offer¬
ings, but the reality of the situation is that the 2004 version
of “Smile” sounds absolutely amazing. Wilson was smart
enough to record the album using the same equipment the
Beach Boys used back in 1967 for the original recordings.
Naturally, Wilson’s voice is nowhere near the sweet falsetto
heard on “Caroline No” so many years before, but he sings
in top form here. Does “Smile” live up to the legend behind
it? No. It’s a majestic and beautiful album, full of some of
the richest harmonies and prettiest melodies that you’ll ever
hear, but it certainly isn’t a massive leap forward from “Pet
Sounds” (which remains encased in its beautiful, timeless
60s cocoon), nor does it top the Beatles’ finest moments.
But we also have to keep in mind that we’re hearing a
“Smile” assembled by 62-year-old Brian Wilson rather than
a 25-year-old Brian Wilson. As it stands now, “Pet Sounds”
still remains the Beach Boys’ crowning moment, and
“Smile” is an essential, wonderful addition to Brian Wilson’s
oeuvre — and is certainly the highlight of his solo career.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
THE REEL
CRITIC
BY STEPHANIE DOSCH
MOVIE | TEAM AMERICA:
WORLD POLICE
DIRECTOR|TREY PARKER
STARRING | PUPPETS!
“South Park” creators Trey Parker and
Matt Stone have brought us yet another
ridiculous movie in “Team America: World
Police.” Fans will immediately recognize the
style, the humor and the voices in “Team
America.” But let me make one thing clear
— this is not “South Park.”
For one, the construction paper young¬
sters we’ve come to know and love have been
replaced by a bad-ass team of marionettes.
Pure satire, “Team America” goes right along
with the current trend of getting news from
comic sources like “The Daily Show,” and
attacks the war on terror, liberal Hollywood,
Arabs, North Koreans and just about every
other group it mentions. On the eve of an
election, it is very relevant, highly political
and extremely politically incorrect.
The movie opens in Paris, where Osama
Bin Laden and three other “terrorists” are ex¬
changing weapons of mass destruction. Just
in the nick of time, Team America shows up
to retrieve the WMDs, but destroys half of
Paris in the process. When one of the Team
members is killed, they recruit Broadway
star Gary Johnston to “act” his way into and
out of sticky situations.
Villainous Saddam Hussein has been
shelved in favor of Kim Jong II, who sounds
an awful lot like Eric Cartman. The North
Korean dictator plans “9/11 times 1000, or
911,000.” To stop him, Team America races
around the globe from their base inside Mt.
Rushmore to Cairo, Korea and beyond in
their overly patriotic fighter jets, submarines,
Hummers and motorcycles.
But the real satiric blows come to
liberal Hollywood actors like Alec Baldwin,
Susan Sarandon, Janeane Garofalo and
Matt Damon, who is portrayed as being so
stupid that all he can say is his own name.
Michael Moore is depicted as an overeating
fanatic who resorts to suicide bombing (with
gross-out effects, of course). The whole
movie is one big dig at every movie Jerry
Bruckheimer has made — especially “Pearl
Harbor.”
Obvious references to James Bond, “Star
Wars,’’“The Matrix,”“Kill Bill Vol.l,”“X-
Men” and of course “Pearl Harbor,” among
others, make “Team America” an action flick
gone haywire, which means there’s some¬
thing for everyone — well, almost. “Team
America” is just as lewd as the “South Park”
movie, if not more so. In fact, the puppet
love scene had to be edited to bring the NC-
17 rating down to an R. And not everyone
will appreciate a marionette vomiting for
about two minutes straight.
Furthermore, not all of the satire is
negative. Parker and Stone make a distinc¬
tion between the terrorists, who want to
purposely destroy important monuments,
and Team America, which does it accidental¬
ly through their haphazard combat. And the
climactic speech, unquotable here because
of its graphic anatomical references, makes
a cogent and persuasive case for American
military power.
If taken with a grain of salt, a little
patience and a big sense of humor, “Team
America” just might have something to offer.
Now and then: Vermont in 1904
By Chris Grosso
Senior Staff Writer
Museum and curatorial studies are a sub¬
specialty of the Art History discipline. Whereas
art history is dedicated to the study of the vi¬
sual arts, museum and curatorial explorations
focus on ways of presenting such research to
the public. It is a field that requires diligence,
creativity and knowledge. Exhibitions must
invite visitors to embrace the displayed works,
synthesize and integrate them into their own
lives. To compose such a setting is a remark¬
able feat. To do it as an undergraduate is even
more unusual
The Middlebury Campus spotlights one
of the student curators of the “Vermont in
1904: A Photographic Portrait” exhibition
— Marissa Williamson ’05. With assistance
from students enrolled in Walter Cerf Distin¬
guished College Professor Richard Saunder’s
Art Museums: Theory and Practice course and
Diana S. Harya ’04, Williamson, a History of
Art major, developed, organized and presented
an introspective on amateur photography
in Vermont at the turn-of-the-century. The
photographs were taken by Adolph B. Lane
(1877-1942) of Barre,Vt.
The Middlebury Campus: Where did the idea
for the exhibition originate?
Marissa Williamson: This show came about
when Richard found negatives at a local auc¬
tion. He bought them not really knowing
much about them other than they were by
a Vermont amateur photographer from the
turn-of-the-century. It was a really exciting
time in Vermont and a really exciting time
for photography. The technology was just be¬
coming available and accessible to the public.
[Richard’s discovery] was a great find.
The Campus: Professor Saunders was teaching
his Museum Studies course at the time and of¬
fered the project to the class, right?
MW: Yes, I was in that class with Cisca [Harya].
Together we went through the 200 negatives,
and we had to choose 20 photographs that had
to be included in the exhibition.
At the beginning of the summer [of 2003],
Cisca and I were both interns at the Museum.
Richard asked me if I would be interested
in doing a 500 project with him. Basically I
would be curating the exhibition. I obviously
jumped at the chance, and Cisca shortly there¬
after jumped on board. It was really a unique
experience.
The Campus: How did you begin?
MW: Last fall, we started the 500 project.
We reviewed the images again and nar¬
rowed down the collection. We then started
researching each photograph. Some turned
out to be more interesting then we ever
thought. One photograph in particular, “The
Mountain King,” which depicts a locomotive,
stands out in that sense. The composition is
great but the quality of the negative was poor.
There is a big ink blot in the print because the
negative was really damaged. “The Mountain
King” turned out to be a very interesting
image. The locomotive represented one of
the first of the Barre railroads, and through
extensive research, we discovered the train’s
significance.
The Campus: What was the most difficult
part of the curatorial experience?
MW: We had to write the labels, which is
quite a process. We would have five pages of
research and notes for one image. But labels
can only be between 150 and 200 words. It
was really difficult. We needed to cram so
much information into a small, short, concise
and, of course, well-written paragraph. That
was one of the biggest learning experiences.
It really fine tuned my writing though.
From the very beginning we were in¬
volved in the nitty gritty of the exhibition.
We chose the colors of the walls. We wanted
to evoke a certain feeling. We looked into the
framing, the matting, how to print, the colors,
the tones, the sizes and the layout of the room.
We were involved in every step of the process
and made the decisions working very closely
with Richard and Kenneth Pullman, the exhibi¬
tion designer.
The Campus: Was A.B. Lane a well-documented
person? How did you research the photo¬
graphs?
MW: Yes and no. Most of his subjects were
friends and family. All of his descendents are
either uninterested or don’t really know much
^bout him. He graduated from Dartmouth
and then worked in construction with his
father. Other than that we didn’t really find
much information about Lane. He was a local
Vermonter. The exhibition focused on him as
an amateur rather than him as a person. This
was the premise of the exhibition. He was not a.
big name photographer. He was amateur taking
pictures of his family and friends.
The Campus: When you first engaged in this
project, you must have had an idea of your fi¬
nal product. Did the exhibition turn out as you
planned?
MW: When Richard presented me with the
project, I had no idea what I was getting into.
I didn’t know how much work was going to be
involved. Now I walk by the gallery everyday
— and it’s kind of like my baby. The exhibition
took shape as we were developing it.
The Campus: What was the most fulfilling or
favorite part of your curatorial experience?
MW: The entire thing was my favorite. It was an
amazing experience. Carrying out the research
and writing the labels, although difficult — it
was amazing to be totally immersed in such a
study. I love to write. It was more reward than it
could be for other people. To cut down from 200
images to 20 — to have a say in what was going
to be put up on the museum wall — was amaz¬
ing and empowering. This summer when the
walls were being painted and the photographs
were coming in after being printed, framed, and
matted was incredible. They started to get hung
up on the walls along with the text. When I
walked into the room one day, I thought, “Wow,
I did this!” It was such an amazing feeling. That
was the coolest part about it.
The Campus: I hope when visitors attend the
show that they observe every work. If you had
to recommend one photograph to be viewed
closely, which image would you pick?
MW: My favorite is the family portrait, “Charles
Scott’s Family.” The mother and father are sit¬
ting on the steps of their summer home with all
their children. The children are clearly enjoying
their day on vacation. They are so full of expres¬
sion and life. You really get a sense of their per¬
sonalities. I think this is one of Lane’s best. The
composition is interesting. It’s amazing because
up until that point photographic portraits were
taken only in studios — so formal and the ex¬
posure times were so long that people were put
into braces. This image captures how portrai¬
tures were changing at the time.
The Campus: Thank you for speaking to The
Middlebury Campus. Good luck!
MW: Thanks.
Sixiao Huo
Curator Marissa Williamson ’05 chose from among 200 negatives in assembling the exhibit.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
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entered the final two weeks of their
season having had their share of
ups and downs. Since the begin¬
ning of October, they have won
four matches and lost three, bring¬
ing their season record to 14-8
overall. They are tied for second
in NESCAC with a 7-1 conference
record.
“[This] is a great place to be,
but we are striving to be playing our
best as the season goes on, and we
still have some work to do to reach
that goal, 1 ” commented Head Coach
Sarah Raunecker.
Middlebury broke a five game
losing streak with three straight
wins at the NESCAC tournament
October 8th and 9th, boosting their
conference record to 6-0. They
made their presence known right
away at Trinity with a 3-0 shutout
against Wesleyan.
The Panthers then moved on
to defeat host Trinity on the sec¬
ond day in a hard fought five game
showdown. The lead jumped from
team to team, with Middlebury tak¬
ing the first game 30-28, Trinity the
second 27-30 and Middlebury the
third 30-28.
Scores remained tight through¬
out, especially during the suspense¬
ful fourth game that Trinity won
31-33. With the match score tied at
2-2, the Panthers faced the Bantams
for an intense fifth game and won
15-10. The long game boosted
Middlebury’s stats, adding 17 kills
to first-year Lexie Fisher's record
and three blocks for Katy Hicks
'05.
The final challenge of the
weekend was Connecticut College,
whom Middlebury played later the
same day. The Panthers rallied to
sweep the Camels in three games,
winning the first game 30-22, the
second 30-23 and the third 30-26.
Overall, the weekend was a success¬
ful one for Middlebury.
Raunecker commented that the
team is “in a very good place as far
as where we're likely to be seeded
for the tournament,” but that they
had not yet reached their full play¬
ing potential. They are still work¬
ing on consistency and defense.
“When we’re good, we’re very
good,” she says, “but it’s the incon¬
sistency that hurts us sometimes.”
The Panthers were on the road
again less than a week after the
tournament to play Colby-Sawyer
in New Hampshire, where they
dropped a tough five set match 3-2.
Almost every set was won by a
margin of only two points, marking
two very closely matched teams.
Middlebury won the first and third
game 30-28, but after winning game
two 16-30, Colby-Sawyer pulled off
two close victories in a row in the
fourth and fifth games, 30-32 and
13-15 to take the match.
Jamie Wong ’06 and Laurie
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ride, then ran a portion of the cross-country trail and finished with a 300 yd swim. With a time of 35:44 nevin
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women’s heat.
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Wollin '05 played strong defense,
each totaling 20 digs.
“It was a very close game, and
you hate to lose those,” commented
Raunecker. “The bottom line of
that match, I’d say, was that we
made too many unforced errors,
and [Colby-Sawyer] wanted it
more than we did. We are a big rival
for them.”
The Panthers’ next opponent
was nationally ranked Williams,
the toughest conference team. The
Ephs, currently undefeated in NE¬
SCAC and holding a 20-3 overall
record, outplayed Middlebury, and
the Panthers lost in three games.
“Our defense struggled a bit at
the net, and in the back row, and
that made it difficult for us,” com¬
mented Raunecker.
The Panthers were then able
to come back and defeat Hamilton
3-0 later that day 30-24, 30-26 and
30-17.
Raunecker commented that
Middlebury is “in the process of
‘regrouping’ right now and hope¬
fully will be re-focused to finish the
season strong.”
The Panthers will play Plym¬
outh State University in Pepin
Gymnasium Wednesday, October
20th then will travel to Smith on
October 22nd for the Hall of Fame
Classic Invitational. This will be
their final tournament before the
first round of NESCAC Champion¬
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
Golfers Women ruggers struggle with D-II
Albert Bitici
The women’s rugby club takes the field against Norwich for the only
home game of the season.
regroup
to finish
strong
By (ason Lockhart
Staff Writer
After finishing fourth behind
three Massachusetts rivals, the
women’s golf team had a choice:
they could end the season by sitting
back and succumbing to the same
competition, or step up and take
control of the last tournament of
the season. They chose the latter,
resulting in a first place finish at the
Williams Columbus Day Tourna¬
ment. On the same weekend, the
men traveled to Hamilton to play
at the Shenendoah Invitational and
finished in fifth place.
The women’s team knew that
there was little expectation coming
into the Williams tournament since
they knew they had not played up
to par at Wellesley. “We couldn’t be
any worse than last weekend,” said
first-year Karen Levin who placed
second at the Williams one-day
tournament with a round of 78.
They also knew that they could
work off of their prior success as
motivation. “I knew that we were
all good competitors, and good
competitors usually bounce back
and play better when they’ve had a
rough round of golf,” Levin said.
The team did just that, plac¬
ing first, second and third at its
final tournament of the season with
scores of 76 by first-year Tory Mac-
Neil, 78 by Levin and 80 by captain
Heather Gallagher ’07. “I was happy
everyone played well so that we
could all celebrate without anyone
feeling left out,” said MacNeil.
The tournament consisted of
two competitors from the Wellesley
Invitational, as well as Wellesley,
who finished first at their own
tournament — 31 strokes ahead of
Middlebury. The Williams tourna¬
ment saw a dramatic change in for¬
tune for Middlebury, who defeated
Wellesley by 16 strokes.
“We definitely stepped it up to
a new level and we want to stay at
the level and keep building on that.
It was very important to end the fall
season on a good note because we
sent a message to all the teams that
we are ready to compete,” Levin said
the team’s excitement about the suc¬
cessful season.
One state over in New York,
the men traveled to Hamilton dur¬
ing the same weekend and placed
fifth amongst a strong competition
including NESCAC champion Wil¬
liams and runner-up Hamilton.
George Bauman ’08 led the way
for the male Panthers with a two-
day total of 153 — good enough
for fourth overall. Also putting up
quality scores for the Panthers were
Chad Bellmare ’07, Jay Yonamine
’07 and Mitch St. Peter ’06 each
of whom shot under 170 for their
combined rounds.
The men’s team traveled to
Brewster, Mass, this past weekend
to compete at the New England Golf
Intercollegiate Association Champi¬
onship. The results were not avail¬
able by press time.
By Eri Nosaka
Staff Writer
Despite what might have
been an unsuccessful homecom¬
ing weekend, the women’s rugby
team defeated Norwich Academy
on Oct. 9. With a close score of
18-15, the team received a boost in
its rankings, giving it a slot in the
championship tournament at the
end of the season.
Being the first and only game
on the home field, the team an¬
ticipated a fierce and tough game
against Norwich. Although there
was only a small crowd watching
the game, it was obvious to ev¬
eryone that the rugby team played
strongly.
“It was a tough game and they
definitely gave us a run for our
money. Their scrum was strong
and good, so it took us a while for
us to figure out what was going
on. It was like a ping pong match
throughout the entire game, but
it was our strongest game and we
really stepped up the level of play¬
ing,” said Johanna Riesel ’05.
Despite being a fairly young
team, it was evident that the nov¬
ice players had quickly learned the
workings of the sport of rugby.
However, the scorers and major
contributors of the game were
Chloe Nielson ’07, Maria Dick¬
inson ’07, Colleen Sullivan ’07,
Johanna Riesel ’05 and Katharine
Reeve ’05.
With a successful game against
Norwich, the Middlebury team can
be considered one of the strong
While the Middlebury College
crew team may be small and rela¬
tively young because of the loss of
10 graduated seniors, the success
of its first two regattas shows that
it refuses to remain unnoticed this
season.
Competing against power¬
houses such as Harvard, Yale, Dart¬
mouth and Brown in their season
opener at the Stonehurst Capital
Invitational Regatta in Rochester,
NY, both the men and women’s
varsity teams ended their races
with a strong finish, exceeding ex¬
pectations.
The women, who competed in
both the Open Fours and the Open
Eights, had every right to be pleased
with their results. “The race gave us
a fantastic starting point for the
rest of the season,” said captain and
stroke Sara Hayes ’05. The women’s
eight, consisting of Hayes, Mer¬
edith Coburn ’07.5, Devyn Young
’07, Anna Eisenstein ’07, Kathryn
Babin ’07, Emily Loesche ’05, Sarah
Calvert ’08, Rebecca Hollewijn ’07
and coxswain Camden Burton ’06,
secured a solid finish placing 17th
out of 25 boats.
The women’s four, made up
of stroke Sharai Lewis-Gruss ’07,
Miko Heller ’07.5, Lauren Nazar-
ian ’07, Beth Chatelain ’07 and
coxswain Olivia Bailey ’07, also fin¬
ished strong, achieving 10th place
out of 18 boats.
Consisting of only five sopho¬
more members, stroke Matt Gris¬
wold ’07.5, captain Neil D'Astolfo
’07.5, Dave Wood ’07.5, Stuart
Hurt ’07 and coxswain Brooke Ad-
contenders for the championship
tournament.
But as the cliche “all good
things must come to an end” goes,
the women’s rugby team ended its
winning streak with a loss against
Plymouth State University this past
Saturday. The women’s rugby team
received a brutal beating, which
ended as a 0-68 loss.
With five major players out
due to injuries from the pervious
game against Norwich, Plymouth
State physically and mentally dom¬
inated the Middlebury team from
the beginning of the game.
But despite starting off in a
shaky manner, the team was able to
hold off Plymouth State by utiliz¬
ing a strong defense.
“We had a lot of new play¬
ers out playing because a lot of
people were injured, but by the
end of the game there was definite
improvement. There were a lot of
good plays and tackles that I think
helped us a lot,” said Chloe Nielson
’07.
This game marked the first
time that this team has played at
the Division II level, which makes
it no surprise that the players were
mentally unprepared going into
this game against one of the stron¬
gest teams in the Division.
“Although we didn’t win, it was
a good learning experience. I think
we went in there with the wrong
mentality, and their team just basi¬
cally took it right to us. By the time
we realized what was going on,
we had dug ourselves a big hole.
However, 1 think we will be fine for
ams ’07, the men’s team confirmed
that age definitely does not matter
through their performance in the
Open Fours in Rochester. While the
team was not expecting to place in
the top 10 due to the fact that most
of its members barely have a full
year of experience, the Panthers
surprised both themselves and
spectators when they finished ninth
out of 17 boats.
According to Adams, another
goal that the men’s team did not
believe would be completed in their
first regatta was beating Williams,
who beat them by 200ths of a sec¬
ond in a 2K sprint last season.
The Panthers upheld their
the game against the University of
Vermont,” Kate Nerenberg ’05 said
about what needed improvement.
This coming Saturday the
strength in their second regatta at
the New Hampshire Champion¬
ships in Pembroke, NH by working
just as hard as they did in Rochester.
“We made a definite statement to
the rest of the rowing community
— expect big things from the little
team with cow oars,” said Burton
on the last regatta.
The women, competing once
again in the Open Fours and the
Open Eights, celebrated another
firm finish. While the times of the
women’s four were not available
at press time, the women’s eight
placed 17th out of 32 boats.
The men also turned in a solid
performance. In a staggered start
women will play at University of
Vermont, and if they win, they will
be ranked second in the division
going into the tournament.
situation, the men’s four managed
to pass two boats in their race and
take seventh place out of 16 boats,
which is quite an impressive feat.
The men also raced a double, con¬
sisting of Ricky Klein ’07 and Dave
Walker ’07, which also finished
strong.
The following two weekends
should prove to be rewarding for
both the men and the women as
they make their way to Boston for
the Head of the Charles, one of the
most prominent rowing competi¬
tions within the nation, and close
their season at the Head of the Fish,
where the novice will join them for
the first time.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
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Women’s soccer tops standings
Team ranked 14th in the nation with 8-0-2 record
By Simon Behan
Staff Writer
Albert Bitici
Laura Kwoh ’07 battles an Amherst opponent for the ball in the double overtime 0-0 tie.
The Middlebury Panthers
women’s soccer team, off to their
fastest start in many years, sits
steadily on top of the NESCAC
standings with a record of 8-0-2
overall and 5-0-2 in conference
play.
With wins over Green Moun¬
tain and Williams and a tie against
Amherst during the past fortnight,
the ladies were rewarded with a na¬
tional ranking for the first time this
season. The latest Division III polls
have the Panthers slotted at No. 14
following the squads run of impres¬
sive results.
Amherst, in second place in
the NESCAC standings, traveled to
Middlebury looking to gain some
ground on the Panthers.
It was evident that each team
knew how important the game was,
as neither side wanted to give much
away. The game itself was a tight
affair, and from the outset it was
apparent that each team had their
minds set on defense. Els Van Woert
’05 made 10 saves on her way to her
fourth shut-out of the season.
Although both teams had some
great scoring chances neither side
could break the deadlock. After two
periods of extra time the game was
settled in a 0-0 tie. While Middle¬
bury turned in a relatively solid
performance, they never quite hit
top form in this encounter, and a
share of the spoils seemed fair for
both teams.
Next was a trip to Green
Mountain, a team that has not been
able to stay with the Panthers in the
past. Mayo Fujii ’05 displayed great
leadership with two well taken goals
and Brittany Cronin '05 again got
her name on the score sheet, some¬
thing Middlebury fans have come to
expect from the talented senior. Van
Woert had little action in the Pan¬
thers goal and notched yet another
shut out in a disciplined 3-0 win by
the Middlebury women.
The trip to Williams seemed
to pose a much bigger challenge for
the Panthers with Williams off to a
good start to their season. The Pan¬
thers came out with a clear inten¬
tion to take it to the Ephs early and
a string of flowing moves should
have produced the first goal inside
the first 10 minutes.
However, the Ephs stood strong
and survived the opening onslaught.
As the game progressed the Ephs
became more and more involved
and it took a fantastic performance
from senior tri-captain Els Van
Woert to keep them scoreless. Van
Woert made a series of terrific saves
to keep the opponents at bay, and
finished the day with 10 saves. Ad-
ditionaly she kept her composure
and inspired the defenders in front
of her.
As time wound down it looked
like the Panthers would have to
settle for a third tie of the season,
but up stepped Caitlin Parker ’08.
The first-year picked the perfect
time to score her first career goal
for the Panthers as she latched on to
a great ball from the hard-working
Erin Oliver ’07 to earn an invaluable
1-0 road victory against one of their
toughest rivals.
Van Woert was named NES¬
CAC player of the week following
her third consecutive shut-out and
her great performances of late are a
testament to how inspirational the
senior tri-captains have been. With
Fujii commanding in midfield,
Cronin in prolific scoring form up
front and Van Woert pulling out all
the stops in goal the Panthers look
set to continue their recent run of
good form.
Next up for the girls is a trip to
Colby-Sawyer followed by a home
game against Bates.
Soccer
strikes
Continued from page 28
again, assisting on the game’s first
and last goals as well as netting
a goal of his own in the opening
minute of the second half. LaRocca
scored his second goal of the sea¬
son on an unassisted goal before
the break and JB Gerber '05 added
his fourth of the year on the after¬
noon. Simon Perkins ’05 rounded
out the scoring with the match’s
final tally in the 51st minute.
To round out the week the
men’s team headed to William-
stown, Mass, to take on the Ephs in
a highly contested game. Middle¬
bury got ahead of Williams in the
44th minute when junior defender
Gabe Wood’s cross off a corner
kick found the foot of LaRocca to
make the game 1-0.
The back four of Wood, Nick
Colacchio ’05, Derek Cece ’06 and
Billy Brennan ’06 played tirelessly,
only breaking down once in the
afternoon — but that was all Wil¬
liams would need to tie the game
at one goal apiece. A ball sent over
the top for a Williams forward got
past two Middlebury defenders,
forcing Craig Hirsch ’05 to come
out of his net. The Ephs put a good
shot on net and scored the game’s
final goal.
Now at 4-1-2 in the confer¬
ence, Middlebury has pulled back
into third place — tied with Bow-
doin but still behind Williams and
Amherst. The Panthers will face the
sixth and seventh place teams in
Bates and Trinity over the next two
weeks in NESCAC play, looking to
hopefully earn a top seed in the
league playoffs.
Football resilient despite disappointments
Team loses to Williams and Amherst by a combined total of four points
By Blake Saville_
Staff Writer
It has been a tough last few
weeks for the Middlebury football
team. On Oct. 9, the Panthers lost
to Amherst 34-26 in a game that
was in strong contention until
the final play. This past Saturday,
Middlebury also fell to Williams
17-16 due to a botched extra point
in the fourth quarter. The Panthers
are now 1-3.
The game against Amherst pro¬
vided lots of offense, exciting plays
on defense, great individual efforts,
a vigorous Panther comeback and
an exciting finish. It was everything
that a spectator and a team could
possibly want out of a homecoming
game, with one glaring exception
— the Panthers lost.
With Middlebury trailing 21-
10 late in the third quarter, the of¬
fense led the Panthers in a furious
comeback. Senior quarterback Mike
Keenan, who was off for most of the
game, played very well in the fourth
quarter. Senior wide receiver Tom
Cleaver caught a pass on fourth and
long to keep a critical drive going.
“I just found a hole in the
middle of the defense and Mike
[Keenan] squeezed it in.” Later in
the same drive Keenan found Cleav¬
er again, this time on third and long
for the go ahead score. The confi¬
dence Cleaver had in his teammates
on this drive is really telling: “I knew
it was six when we lined up. I ran
a go route, the safety bit on a head
fake, and Mike threw another great
ball,” said Cleaver of the play.
In the fourth quarter the Pan¬
thers made the improbable look
routine and found themselves up
24-21 with about five minutes re¬
maining. But the defense, which
kept Amherst in check throughout
most of the second half, faltered and
gave up the winning touchdown
with three minutes left. All in all
Amherst finished with 386 yards on
the ground.
The Williams game was also
a struggle. It was back and forth
for most of the game, with neither
team getting more than a seven-
point lead. With the game tied at
ten, Williams’ senior running back
Timothy Crawley scored his second
touchdown of the game to give the
Ephs a 17-10 lead early in the fourth
quarter.
Middlebury failed on a fourth
and goal situation on its next pos¬
session, which pinned Williams on
its own eight-yard line. Following a
three and out drive, the Panthers got
the ball back in great field position.
Seven plays later, Keenan found
wide receiver Tim Sheridan ’06 with
an eight-yard touchdown pass to
cut the lead to 17-16. The blocked
extra-point left the Panthers down
one point with 7:52 left to play.
Middlebury had one last drive
deep in its own territory with 1:08
left, but Keenan was intercepted on
the first play from scrimmage, seal¬
ing the game for the Ephs.
Despite the losses, Head Coach
Bob Ritter tried to look on the
bright side of these tough games.
“We managed to make some big
plays when we needed to. There
was always someone there to make a
play so the game would not get out
of hand. We just need to make a few
more,” he said.
Even though both games ended
in a loss, the Panthers showed a lot
of resiliency hanging tough with
the two talented teams from Mas¬
sachusetts.
The defense made a lot of plays
in both games, giving up big chunks
of yardage but limiting the damage
on the scoreboard. And the offense,
although inconsistent, managed to
make some big plays to keep the
team in it. Their next opportunity
will be against Bates this Saturday at
Alumni stadium.
Albert Bitici
Jamie Staples ’07 stiff-arms an Amherst tackier during an exciting Home¬
coming game.
26 sports
Another
Look
BY DAVID FREEDMAN
I promised myself I would not
write about the Yankees or the Red
Sox, because frankly, I think it is one
of the most over-publicized rivalries
in sports — so much so that the real
rift that exists between the teams
and their fans has been diminished
because talk about the archrivals has
become repetitive and boring. But
here I am, on the eve of game six in
the 2004 ALCS, finding myself with
nothing to write about other than
these two teams, because at this mo¬
ment in time the entire sports media
market is being dominated by the
allure of the Yanks vs. the Sox.
The usual jabs that each teams’
fans throw at each other this time of
year tend to revolve around money
and choking — the Yankees being
guilty of “buying” their champion¬
ships and the Sox being prone to
coming up short in their quest to
win their first World Series since
1918.1 find, however, within these
exchanges a couple of ridiculous and
absurd ideas.
Every time I hear a kid with
a Red Sox hat on lampoon some
poor girl from New York — who
just wants to watch her Yankees play
— about how Steinbrenner buys
championships, I tend to get physi¬
cally annoyed. My anxiety mainly
stems from the hypocrisy and
insecurity that these statements are
laced with.
In my mind any Sox fan who
wants to take away from New
York’s success by attributing it
solely to the Yankees’ buying power
is self-conscious of Boston’s own
pay-roll, which has only consis¬
tently produced seasons of hope that
ultimately end in despair despite
frequently being a top five-spender
in the majors.
And the seasons that do fall
short should never, ever be at¬
tributed to the outrageous notion
of a “Curse of the Bambino.” The
curse talk is laughable. Eighty-six
years without a championship has
absolutely nothing to do with a deal
that occurred 86 years ago. Bad luck?
Sure. Poor play? Definitely. A higher
power afflicting the Red Sox with
failure for dealing Babe Ruth? The
stupidest thing I’ve heard since the
last time I had to listen George Bush
give a speech.
Yet within the Yankee fans’
gloating on their 26 World Series
lies the enormous fear that the Red
Sox will finally get it done in our
lifetime. After all the generations of
Yankee fans who never had to listen
to a Red Sox supporter actually
be happy, the present Yankee fans
seem to be scared out of their mind
that they will be the ones who have
to witness the inconceivable — a
Sox fan with the same obnoxious
smirk that they’ve been able to
sport almost annually during the
postseason.
So maybe you are wondering
if I’m a Sox or a Yankees fan? Well,
I’m a Braves guy myself, and since I
share some of the same disappoint¬
ment that the Red Sox followers
endure, I kind of want them to
get their due, mainly so this whole
rivalry can actually be what it’s billed
up to be — a rivalry.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
Midd athletics debate sport status
Club sports athletes and coaches fight for recognition
By Katie Flagg
Sports Editor
For many athletes at Middle-
bury, “Club Midd” isn’t simply a
witty slogan — it’s a way of life.
Club sports athletes — including
ruggers, rowers and countless other
sportsmen and women — all pro¬
fess a profound love of their sport.
But differences between club and
varsity sports abound on campus,
and for some athletes, “Club Midd”
isn’t as idyllic as one might think.
“[The term] ‘club’ means dif¬
ferent things at different schools,
and to different people,” said Alex
Machi, head coach of the Middle-
bury crew club. Even at Middle-
bury, “each club sport here ... is
different.
“To be honest, the differences
between ‘club’ and ‘varsity’ teams
is, for the most part, determined by
the team members, not the designa¬
tion the College assigns their sport,”
Machi explained.
That said, all club sports fall
under the jurisdiction of the Center
for Campus Activities and Leader¬
ship (CCAL) and the Athletics De¬
partment, and all are funded in part
by the Student Government Asso¬
ciation (SGA). These clubs consist
of a diverse array- of programs,
ranging from Level I club sports
like crew, water polo and rugby to
Level III sports such as table tennis,
triathlon and cheerleading.
“The different levels of club
sports refer a combination of fac¬
tors including the length of time
the sport has been at the College
and the level of support — financial
and staffing — the club receives
from the College’s Athletics Depart¬
ment,” said Doug Adams, Director
of CCAL.
This funding deficit is but one
of many factors that club coaches
and athletes cite when expressing
frustration with their club sport
status. Many dedicated club athletes
attest that they work just as hard as
varsity teams, but receive little or no
recognition.
“The main differences [be¬
tween club and varsity sports]
from the perspective of a student-
athlete are the recognition, respect
and expectations associated with
a varsity team as compared to a
club team,” said Sara Hayes ’05 of
the crew club. “We practice just as
hard, if not harder than, many of
the varsity teams, compete in just as
many competitions and hold our¬
selves to high standards, both on
the water and in terms of academ¬
ics,” said Hayes. “I feel as though all
of our dedication and effort is not
rewarded or recognized, however,
because we are a ‘club team’ that no
one really knows much about.”
Erin Romig ’06, captain of the
co-ed competitive cheerleading
team, shared Hayes’s frustration
with the “club” label, but for dif¬
ferent reasons. “Being a club sport
is a lot harder [than being a varsity
sport],” said Romig. “Midd Cheer is
a Level III club sport. We get fund¬
ing from the activities committee
but not from the athletic commit¬
tee.
“If we were a varsity sport,” she
continued, “we could spend more
time practicing instead of fundrais¬
ing.”
For club sports vying for var¬
sity status, though, the battle ahead
may be long and difficult. Accord¬
ing to Machi, obstacles to obtaining
varsity status include convincing
the administration of benefits to the
school, handling political issues that
may accompany the announcement
of another varsity sport on campus
and battling the ever-difficult status
quo.
“It would be one thing if there
were no rowing here and we wanted
to institute a program, but we’ve
been ‘getting along’ as a ‘club’ team
for a while now,” said Machi, which
increases the difficulty of obtaining
varsity status.
Machi also raised interesting
questions regarding prospective
students and club sports. “As a
coach who routinely has contact
with more than 300 prospective stu¬
dents each year with an interest in
pursuing the sport while in college,
most of whom already have consid¬
erable rowing experience, I believe
we routinely lose academically
strong student-athletes to Dart¬
mouth, Princeton and Williams
— to name a few — because of the
status of our program rather than
any deficiencies in Middleburv’s
academic offerings,” he said.
“[The status of the program at
Middlebury] influences the deci¬
sions they make regarding applying
to and matriculating at similarly
selective colleges and universities,”
said Machi.
But the club-to-varsity debate
is delicate, as Athletic Director Russ
Reilly will explain. “This is a com¬
plicated issue,” he said. “It may seem
Robert Mohr
The notorious Ultimate Frisbee club jumps and jives during an afternoon
practice.
simple on the surface, but it’s much
more complicated than some would
have you believe.”
According to Reilly, it would be
difficult to justify adding “any other
varsity sport, considering the cur¬
rent economic climate.” The funds
required to support new varsity
sports would be impressive, consid¬
ering human and physical resourc¬
es, and the College has fewer dollars
to put into expanding athletics
because of current demands. “A lot
of things have to be in place [for a
team to go varsity],” Reilly said.
“Because of resource limita¬
tions, the word ‘no’ has to be used
more than students would like,”
said Reilly.
Regardless of the controversy
concerning club and varsity status,
club sports remain a vital part of
the Middlebury community. “Club
sports play an important role in stu¬
dent life,” said Adams. “These sports
are most often self-coached or self-
governed making them wonderful
avenues for student leadership and
for general recreation.”
For the athletes at Middlebury
competing and training in club
sports programs, the experience is
both challenging and rewarding.
But many feel that recognition for
these athletic endeavors here at
Club Midd is lacking.
“The word ‘varsity’ immediate¬
ly brings to mind a set of standards
and expectations. As an athlete on
the crew team I can tell you that we
hold ourselves to this same set of
standards and expectations,” said
Hayes. “The problem is that others
in the Middlebury College com¬
munity do not know this or refuse
to recognize it for one reason or
another. We need to change these
perceptions, increase awareness
and prove that we are as good and
worthwhile as [varsity athletes].
“We deserve just as much
respect, recognition and praise as
any other athletic program at this
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Julia Randall
Club Sports
at Middlebury
LEVEL I
Men’s and Women’s
Crew
Rugby
Water Polo
Men’s Squash
LEVEL II
Men’s and Women’s
Ultimate Frisbee
Cricket
Cycling
Kick Boxing
Equestrian
Sailing
LEVEL III
Table Tennis
Triathlon
Men’s Volleyball
The Middlebury cheerleading club performs during the half time of a recent rugby match.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,2004
sports
27
Women outpace top teams
By Christopher Dowd
Staff Writer
Lining up with New England’s
finest, the Middlebury women’s
cross country team rarf strong for
impressive finishes these past two
weeks. In the New England Champi¬
onships at Franklin Park on Oct. 8,
the team ran side by side with larger
universities such as the University
of Massachusetts and Dartmouth
University to finish sixth out of 45
teams. This past weekend, running
against the likes of scholarship goli¬
aths Syracuse and the University of
Albany, the girls blazed into a third
place finish.
Seniors Jess Manzer and Marisa
Cawley have led the way for the
Panthers — both finished in the top
30 of over 300 runners at the New
England Championships. Cawley
finished 27th (18:41) and Manzer
topped all D-III runners for an
unprecedented third place finish
(17:46). Sparked by this impressive
senior leadership, sophomores Andi
Giddings (19:03) and Stephanie Nu¬
gent (19:19) finished 51st and 73rd
respectively. Junior Kelsey Rinehart
(19:29) capped the Middlebury top
five in 85th.
Overall, the team ran extremely
well to finish so high among such
powerhouses, but Manzer’s perfor¬
mance was most notable. The senior
captain stepped up against supreme
competition and marked herself as
one of the best runners in the coun¬
try, regardless of division.
Coach Terry Aldrich noted,
“Jess beat out Lindsay Donaldson
from Yale at Franklin Park, and
Donaldson finished 20th in the
NCAA D-I national championship.
That makes her comparable to the
nation’s top 20 runners.” Not a bad
comparison for an athlete from a
small D-III college who has been
fighting nagging injuries all season.
Yet regardless of extraordinary
individual or team accomplish¬
ments, the Panthers had less than
a week to prepare for yet another
meet against stiff competition.
With Manzer out due to injury, Gid¬
dings and Cawley led the Panthers
into the Albany Invitational against
more Division 1 powers. The wom¬
en took third place out of 21 teams
and finished with three runners in
the top 20. Giddings (18:14) led
the team with an eighth place fin¬
ish, followed by Cawley (18:20) in
11th, and Rinehart (18:47) at 20th.
Nugent (18:51) and junior Julia
McKinnon (19:04) rounded out
Middlebury’s top five with 25th and
35th finishes, respectively.
Coach Aldrich described the
two events as “very satisfying”
considering his team faced fierce
opposition and rose to the occasion.
He noted that the group proved
it could run with the best in New
England and that in Albany they
displayed a deep core of runners in
finishing third despite key injuries.
Looking ahead, the women
have finally earned a weekend off
before heading into the all-im¬
portant NESCAC Championships.
Training has tapered into shorter
runs and speed work, and the team
looks to overcome a very strong
Williams team that beat them ear¬
lier this year. There is no doubt
that both Coach Aldrich and his
crew of runners feel the result will
be different this time around at the
championship. After months of
vigorous training and the recent
competition, Williams could find
itself running against a very differ¬
ent Middlebury squad.
McKinnon aptly described the
team when she said, “We have an
amazing group of leaders, and after
all our practice and competition
we’re looking to do really well.”
Women cross country runners will be training over the next two weeks
for the upcoming NESCAC Championships.
Men XC preps for NESCACs
By Stacey Wong
Staff Writer
The Panthers showed in their
final two tune-ups before the cham¬
pionships that they can run with
anyone, regardless of division. The
men’s cross country team turned
in two solid performances in two
consecutive weeks running against
teams from NCAA Divisions I, II
and III.
Running against fierce competi¬
tion at the New England Champion¬
ship meet, the men finished 22nd out
of 48 teams. Junior Garrott Kuzzy
’06 led the team with a time of 25:
54, good for 55th place overall. First-
year James Butcher was the second
Panther and 87th overall finisher. He
was followed by Nick Digani ’05, No¬
lan Sandygren ’06 and Matt Horesta
’06. The race also marked the return
of senior co-captain Jonathan Erwin
’05. Providence won the meet in
dominant fashion with a total team
score of 25. They swept the top three
spots, placed four of their top five
runners in the top 10 and outscored
second place Boston College by 134
points.
“At New Englands we were a bit
tired from high mileage and a hard
week of training. That showed in our
times, which, across the board were
slow. Still, we posted a decent finish
against some strong D-I programs,
so we have to be satisfied,” com¬
mented Chris Pellicia ’07.
This past weekend Middlebury
finished 11th out of 29 schools at
the Albany Invitational. Kuzzy was
first again for the Panthers in 36th
place. Butcher in 45th place, Digani
in 59th, Will McDonough ’07 in
87th and Horesta in 100th made up
the rest of the scoring team.
Syracuse won the meet with 60
points overall. Eight of the teams
that finished ahead of Middlebury
compete at the D-I level. Includ¬
ing his 36th place finish Kuzzy led
tiie Panthers in all five meets this
season.
Pelliccia said, “At the Albany in¬
vite, we had an easier week of train¬
ing behind us so we felt stronger
entering the meet. Additionally, we
tried a new strategy, which seemed
to pay off and generally people were
very happy with their races.”
Up next for the men is the NE¬
SCAC Championships on Saturday,
Oct. 30. The meet will be hosted
by Colby College and should be
hotly contested. The early favorite to
claim the championship is defend¬
ing champion Tufts, who will enter
ranked fifth nationally in Division
III. Bates and Williams, ranked 12th
and 13th respectively, should also
challenge for the title.
Middlebury ran against tough
competition this season and should
be in contention at the NESCAC
Championships. At the Williams
Invitational the team finished a close
second to host Williams. Only eight
points separated the Panthers from
first. And at the Albany Invitational
where, Middlebury placed 11th.
Twenty-first ranked St. Lawrence
University was only one place ahead
of them in the final standings.
“NESCACs is always a very
important meet for us,” said Pellicia.
“We’ve been disappointed in our
NESCAC performances in the past,
but this year we feel we have the right
combination of depth and talent to
improve to an upper half finish.
We’ve raced these teams throughout
the season, and consistently finished
righf in the thick of the pack. Now
we are anxious to break out and re¬
ally show the other NESCAC schools
how quick we are.”
SPORTSBRIEFS
BY TIM CAVANAUGH, KATIE FLAC.G, HEATHER WRIGHT
Women’s tennis takes title
The undefeated Middlebury women’s tennis team finished up its season
by winning the New England Intercollegiate Women’s Tennis Tournament
(NEWITT), which was hosted at Amherst College over Middlebury’s fall
break. On their way towards capturing the team title, the Panthers won two
singles and one doubles match.
Leading up to the tournament, the Panthers have gained confidence
and strength during their regular season matches. On Oct. 5, the Panthers
trounced Williams 8-1.
The Panthers traveled to Maine the following weekend to play Colby
and Bates. Middlebury came out and defeated Colby in a close match on
Saturday with a score of 6-3. The Panther women struggled in their doubles
matches and were down 1-2 before moving on to singles.
Going into Bates, the Panthers knew that if they defeated Bates, they
would remain undefeated for the season. Their attitude was certainly evi¬
dent in the 9-0 victory over Bates, which wrapped up the Panthers’ unde¬
feated season.
The Panthers had shown the rest of NESCAC how good they were
throughout the season and wanted to prove once again that they had
worked hard and earned their undefeated season. T hey were successful as
they won the NEWITT title with both Amy Roche ’07 and Amanda Berck
’08 winning their respective singles brackets. In doubles action, Holick and
Julie Weinberger ’08 won the number three flight in a close match. This
match was the deciding factor and gave the Panthers the title.
Men’s tennis wraps up season
The Middlebury men’s tennis team wrapped up its fall season in the
style typical of this year, turning in great individual performances and suc¬
cess on the team level. On Oct. 16, three Panthers competed in the Intercol¬
legiate Tennis Association (ITA) Small College Championships in Fort My¬
ers, FL, with junior standout Brian Waldron reaching the finals of the singles
bracket. A week earlier and quite a ways north, several Middlebury men
competed in the Wallach Invitational at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine,
with first-year Fil Marinkovic making it all the way to the final match of the
4 B’ singles bracket before falling. The duo of Jeff Oldenburg ’06 and Alex
Meditz ’05 reached the finals in the doubles bracket before bowing out.
Waldron, who qualified for the Championships with his singles vic¬
tory at the ITA Regionals, lost a third set tie-breaker (6-3, 2-6, 7-6) to Kevin
Casey of UC-Santa Cruz in the final round on Saturday. Fellow Panthers
Kevin Bergesen ’07 and George Mayer ’07, who made it to Fort Myers with
their doubles victory Oct. 3, fell in a close match in the opening round of
the doubles bracket, 6-4, 6-3 to Bryce Parmelly and Matt Seeberger — also,
incidentally, of UC-Santa Cruz.
At Bates, Marinkovic won four matches to advance to the final round
before falling to top ranked Garrett Gates of Bowdoin, 7-6,6-1. Oldenburg
and Meditz, meanwhile, fell to Sean McCooey and Geoff Loh of Tufts in the
‘A’ doubles final, 8-4. Matt Rales ’06 and Salih Unsal ’08 each reached the
quarterfinals of their respective singles bracket before falling, rounding out
another successful tournament for the Panthers.
With the fall schedule completed, the team looks forward to the spring
and to the defense of their national title from last year.
Men ruggers defeat Bryant
The Middlebury men’s rugby club faced the Bryant University
ruggers last weekend in a heated game. Both teams were undefeated moving
into this, the final game of the regular season. The team struggled a little
in the beginning. At the end of the first half, the Panthers were down 8-5
against Bryant. However, in the second half the team began to chip away
at Bryant’s lead. The team walked out with a win in the end, bringing their
season record to 5-0.
The game at Bryant followed an October 9 match at St. Michael’s
College in Burlington. The team took a quick lead, scoring in the first five
minutes of play. The St. Michael’s ruggers kept up for the first half of the
game, catching up to the Panthers lead by the end of the first half.
The Middlebury team, however, exploded in the second half of the
game. Impressive trys from Pascal Losambe ’07, Craig Wilson ’07, Matt Volz
’07, Rob Hiensch ’05 and Jimmy Manyuru ’07 helped the Panthers take the
game with a stellar 55-20 score, continuing the team’s winning streak.
Next, the team will play in the New England Quarter Finals at home
on Oct. 23.
Julia Randall
CLUB SPORTS | SHOULD THEY BE GRANTED WOMEN’S SOCCER I VICOTRY OVER
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GAMES TO WATCH
WOMEN’S SOCCER
VS. BATES
Oct. 23 | 11 AM | HOME
MEN’S SOCCER
VS. BATES
Oct. 23 | 12 PM | HOME
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2004
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Albert Bitici
First-year Stephanie Smith battles for the ball during a 4-0 victory over Amherst on Oct. 9. The Panthers are
looking to continue their undefeated season as they head into the NESCAC and NCAA tournaments.
Field hockey
flourishes in OT
By Zamir Ahmed
Staff Writer
The Middlebury women’s field
hockey team clinched the NESCAC
regular season title with a tough 4-3
overtime win against Williams Col¬
lege on Saturday. The win improved
the Panthers’ record to 10-0 and
assured them of the top seed in the
NESCAC tournament.
Ashley Lyddane ’06 started the
scoring just over a minute into the
game, tipping home a shot by Janie
Mackey ’06 from the top of the
circle. Middlebury managed to keep
the pressure on the Ephs’ defense
and keeper early in the game.
After the Ephs took the lead off
two goals by senior Crista Petrelli,
Mackey scored on a penalty shot to
level the score at two with 25 min¬
utes left in the game. It was a great
day overall for Mackey, who was a
driving force in the win.
“She played the game of her
life,” said captain Ashley Pullen ’05.
“She brought the ball downfield a
lot and Williams just couldn’t touch
her.”
Williams regained the lead
with a little over 10 minutes to go
in the game when a long shot by
Clare Whipple slipped past keeper
Meghan McGillen ’07. The Panthers
then evened the score with three
minutes remaining when Lyddane
swept a shot past an out-of-position
Ephs keeper on a penalty corner.
“The triangle worked really
well to tie the game at 3-3,” said Pul¬
len. “We had worked in practice to
improve our scoring chances on
penalty corners. We managed to
move the goalie around and give
Lyddane an open goal.”
The game ended eight minutes
into the first sudden-death overtime
period when first-year Reid Berrien
took a long pass from the center
of the field and drove home a shot
between the goalie’s legs to secure a
4-3 win for the Panthers.
One of the keys to the victory
for Middlebury was keeping the
Ephs out of the Panthers’ circle.
The Panthers, ranked fourth in the
nation in the latest Division III poll,
are not prepared to let the NESCAC
title distract them from the chance
of an undefeated season.
With four regular season games
left, the team in not thinking about
taking any game easily. “I think ev¬
eryone has the same desire to play
each game as our hardest one,” said
Lyddane.
The Panthers’ next game will
be home on Saturday against Bates.
The team will also play host to the
semifinals and finals of the NES¬
CAC tournament Nov. 6 and 7.
Men’s soccer triumphs over Lord Jeffs 3-2
Come-from-behind thriller vaults Panthers to a third place tie in NESCAC
By David Freedman
Staff Writer
Albert Bitici
Sophomore John Sales, number 18 for the Panthers, makes an impressive header during the Oct. 9 home game against Amherst. The men’s
soccer team will face St. Michael’s this afternoon and Bates on Saturday in two upcoming home games.
With an stunning 3-2 comeback and
overtime win against Amherst on the day of
Middlebury soccer’s 50th anniversary, a 4-0
blanking of Norwich four days later and a
l-l draw against rival Williams, the Middle¬
bury men’s soccer team climbed right back in
to the thick of the NESCAC race. One week
has made all the difference for this team, who
previously had a down weekend in Maine
that had dropped the Panthers from first in
the league to fourth.
Down 2-0 in the second half of the game
on Oct. 9 to the first place and previously
undefeated Lord Jeffs of Amherst — and in
front of an enormous crowd spotted with the
team’s alumni in honor of the College’s 50th
year of men’s soccer — Middlebury put forth
a colossal effort and got back huge results.
In the 74th minute of the match the
Panthers notched their first goal with se¬
nior tri-captain John Rusten’s penalty kick,
his third conversion on a penalty kick this
season. With one goal to catch up on, the
team had new life. But the tying goal did
not come until less than a minute was left in
regulation.
With Middlebury’s defense holding
strong and giving the team its chances on of¬
fense, the Panthers were finally able to capi¬
talize on an opportunity when Kellan Florio
’05 broke free on net and tucked the ball
under the body of the Amherst keeper with
a hard shot, igniting the crowd and sending
the game into overtime.
Nearly five minutes into the extra pe¬
riod, Rusten sent a ball into the 18 yard box
that found first-year David LaRocca, who,
while falling backwards towards the net, got
just enough of the ball to knock a shot off the
Amherst goalie’s fingers to seal Middlebury’s
comeback.
“I probably should have quit at the end
of the Amherst match,” Head Coach Dave
Saward said. “That was one of the most
memorable days in my 20 years here. I was so
proud of the team, they all showed immense
character to never give up.”
Fearing a let down against the lowly
Cadets of Norwich after such an emotional
match, Saward pushed his team to produce
the following Thursday in a game that
seemed difficult to get excited for. The Pan¬
thers did not disappoint, blanking Norwich
4-0 and forcing the Cadet keeper to make 16
saves, while reserve goalie David Lindholm
’05 only had to make three en route to his
second shut out on the year.
Florio came up big for the Panthers
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